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July 11, 2024

BTOS Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) AI Supplement

The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) now includes a number of AI-related questions under the AI supplement, which recently reported their first findings. The AI supplement was constructed to gather insights on the prevalence of AI use in businesses, the various types of AI being employed, the effects of AI on employment, and the ways…

July 9, 2024

ACES Robotics (Capitalized Expenditures for Robotic Equipment)

Beginning in 2018, the Census added a series of questions to their Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) to better understand how much companies are spending on robotic equipment. The Census defines robot equipment broadly, as “automatically controlled and reprogrammable machines capable of performing a series of complex tasks autonomously or semi-autonomously.” Included in this spending data are…