‍The dam has burst: AI has entered a new dimension in the last week. The ChatGPT 4 update from Open AI paved the way. Its improvement illustrates the following result, a little frighteningly: The legal exam of the United States BAR, version 3 failed with 10%, while ChatGPT 4 performed brilliantly with 90%. Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak signed an open letter the day before yesterday demanding that AI development be stopped. If that's not a fake, because the facts on which the justification is based are not exactly new. Let's get to our news:

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Yours, Angela Struck 

On to the intelligent powertrain

‍‍The CM module from Mayr Antriebstechnik is designed for smart clutches and brakes that supply data without sensors and can be networked.

Compensating couplings for high temperatures

‍Orbit drive technology offers high-temperature shaft couplings specially tailored to thermally demanding requirements.

Ball screw drive with more sustainability

The more precisely a ball screw is manufactured, the more sustainable it is. From August Steinmeyer it also reduces energy consumption by 50%.

This is how digital transformation can succeed

For Rittal For CEO Markus Asch, modularization, standardization, data consistency and the combination of software and hardware are a principle of action.

Danger from counterfeit rolling bearings 

Schaeffler follows every counterfeit and has now destroyed around 30.000 counterfeit roller bearings with a total weight of 10 t. 

Efficient order processing

With cideon Conify connects companies with data from sales and engineering and automatically provides PDM-compliant CAD data.

Manina Kettler is the new CEO at Minebea Intec 

As the new Chief Financial Officer in the Minebea Group, Mrs. Kettler is responsible for accounting, controlling treasury, IT and administration. 

Igus finances the collection of plastic waste 

Plastic fishermen has been collecting plastic waste from rivers in Indonesia and India since 2021. Igus supports the non-profit company.

Harting also 2023 Company of the Year 

The Harting Technologiegruppe was once again named Company of the Year by Deutschland Test and Focus Money in the Electronic Components category. 

10 years of Phoenix Contact E-Mobility 

In the 100th year of the company's existence Phoenix Contact the e-mobility subsidiary celebrates its 10th anniversary after a successful decade.