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Our Scott Achelpohl hosted Matt Wise of E Tech Group on the pod for a brief but very informative chat on the merits of establishing longer-term relationships with system integrators, not on a project-by-project basis as vendors but as strategic partners.
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Voice-first AI and smart communication platform vendor Relay has some interesting research out on the prevalence of ineffective communication of critical information on factory floors causing failures down the line. Our Sarah Mattalian checked it out.
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Contributor Colin Masson of ARC Advisory Group Inc. is back with Part 2 of his November hyperbole-busting series about industrial AI, pointing out how "AI native" has overtaken "cloud-native" as an overused, sanitized and meaningless label.
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We dive into research by Rootstock Software and TeamViewer and plug our ongoing AI series by Colin Masson of ARC Advisory Group.
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Our Sarah Mattalian profiles Universal Robots' releases at PACK EXPO, including the embedding of cybersecurity elements into its new Gen 7 platform and PolyScope X software.
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An entry about the struggle to fill manufacturing automation jobs is the contribution today from Rachel Zepernick, and she's got data from Xometry to back up her case that AI and automation operators are now the hardest roles to fill.
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On the pod: Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl and IndustryWeek's Dennis Scimeca lay down their takeaways from the recent IFS Unleashed conference and all the advancements unveiled there in industrial AI.
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Some very healthy AI skepticism gets going today (and will every Monday until the end of November) with Part 1 of a new series by ARC Advisory Group's Colin Masson, who tamps down marketing claims that "have reached an ear-splitting crescendo."
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Our Sarah Mattalian dove into "authentication friction," which is a definite "thing" in manufacturing cybersecurity—as illustrated, Sarah reports, by interesting new research from Imprivata and FIDO Alliance.
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Our Sarah Mattalian bumped into the beRobox booth at PACK EXPO International 2026 in Chicago, and she profiles a couple of their new palletizer products that emphasize accessibility, safety, and pricing flexibility.
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New contributor Gilda D'Incerti of PQE Group checks in today with a piece on validation, pointing out that cloud platforms, SaaS, connected equipment, AI-enabled systems, and integrated ERP and MES are evolving faster than traditional validation practices.
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Research by ServiceNow, based on surveys of 3,700 senior security and technology leaders, shows high risks with ungoverned agentic AI, though it sees manufacturing doing a better job of putting controls in place. Our Sarah Mattalian has the story.
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Our regular contributor Colin Masson of ARC Advisory Group Inc. adds to his informative series by getting into the details of why generative AI or chatbots have stalled in industrial settings and what comes next.
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We've had incredibly informative content lately on system integration and integrators themselves, and Matt Wise of E Tech Group joined the conversation today that started on Smart Industry last month with an entry from Tak Tarui of Mitsubishi.
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The new IFS Intelligence grabs industrial data to control a whole range of factory-floor functions in a single, AI-powered interface. Our Scott Achelpohl profiles the platform, announced yesterday at Unleashed in Orlando.
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A new IFS study shows just how far along actual factory-floor usage of AI might be compared to C-suite measures to secure and govern the tech. Our Sarah Mattalian has the story.
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We had a chance to cap off a great three-part series on connected worker solutions with a "meet-the-author" podcast featuring Inderpreet Shoker of ARC Advisory Group. She added even more perspective on these solutions, particularly where AI is concerned.
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Digital twins have stepped out of the presentation room and into the control loop, Mahima Sambre of Acumen Research and Consulting writes today to start out a new week, and the digital twins market is expected to boom by many billions of dollars by 2035.
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Weekend special! 3D printing creator Chuck Hull joins our Dennis Scimeca for a Q&A on the future of additive manufacturing.
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From disconnected inventory to real-time visibility—see how Milwaukee Electronics and Panasonic Connect are transforming the factory floor with smarter tracking, greater efficiency, and better collaboration.bit.ly/3Vsc5DK
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