Start-Up Recycles Batteries & AI Translates Song Into 6 Languages | WEF | Top Stories of the Week
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2023-08-05

This week's top stories of the week include:
 
0:15 Half of Gen Z & Millenials live paycheck to paycheck - A new survey asked young people their biggest concerns. The cost-of-living crisis came out top. Many say they’ve been forced to take on side jobs to make ends meet or postpone big life decisions such as buying a house. And the extra stress is taking its toll. 46% of Gen Zs and 39% of millennials feel anxious at work all or most of the time and levels of burnout are on the rise. Their second biggest concern is unemployment.

1:51 This start-up recycles household batteries - The Better Battery Company sells batteries in special packaging. Its batteries are white at the positive end and blue at the negative. Inside the box, the batteries are arranged in rows with the white end upturned. When each battery runs out, you put it back in the box the other way up so it’s easy to see which are used and which are new.

When the box is filled with spent batteries, you return it using a free postage label and the Better Battery Company sends them off to be recycled.

3:01 AI translates K pop hits into 6 languages - K-pop stars have recorded songs in Japanese and English before but a simultaneous 6-language release is a global first. Right now, the pronunciation correction process takes ‘weeks or months’, according to HYBE. But one day, AI could translate songs in real-time. This isn’t the only way AI is changing the music industry. Streaming platforms use AI to analyse users’ listening habits to pick the perfect playlist AIs are even composing their own music or being employed as collaborators. 

4:48 New airline tyres can cut pollution - Airless tyres could cut pollution and make punctures a thing of the past. Made of shape memory alloy, these tyres are puncture-proof, sustainable, and easier to recycle.
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