AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoAI in Logistics: Kuehne+Nagel’s Costa Rica healthcare control tower uses AI agents to call carriers about pharmaceutical shipments. In its first deployment, they handled 78% of connected calls end to end, and team capacity rose 47%. Climate Research: Monteverde’s cloud forest is getting less mist: records cited in a BBC report show days without rain or fog have climbed from about 25 a year in the 1970s to nearly 119 recently, threatening plants that depend on the moisture. Research Awards: Costa Rica’s 2026 Clodomiro Picado Twite Prizes recognize seismologist Esteban Chávez Sibaja’s earthquake early-warning system and TEC researcher Teodolito Gilhyón Gilhyón’s work on biocompatible materials for orthopedic use. Biodiversity: UCR researchers have identified at least 56 bat species in San Ramón, nearly half of Costa Rica’s recorded total, and say even small forest patches help sustain them. Government Technology: The Finance Ministry is pursuing dismissal proceedings against 36 employees accused of installing mouse-jiggler software on government computers; officials have not said whether the unauthorized program exposed ministry systems.
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