How to Select and Fund AI Use Cases
· Artificial Intelligence

How to Select and Fund AI Use Cases

A live poll at the Industrial AI Summit 2026 showed 37% of attendees targeting plant floor maintenance and quality vision inspection as their first or next AI project, while 21% had not yet selected a use case. Benson Chan of Strategy of Things presented a seven-step framework for narrowing a list of 50 or more […]

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What GPT-6 Reveals About AI Readiness
· Artificial Intelligence

What GPT-6 Reveals About AI Readiness

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra improved from 18% to 41% accuracy on a real workplace task automation benchmark in eight weeks. That 41% still means the model produces more incorrect outputs than correct ones across general tasks. At the Industrial AI Summit 2026, Maddie Zeng of NeoAI presented a three-capability framework for evaluating what industrial AI systems […]

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Why AI Needs IoT to Deliver Real Value in Industrial Operations
· Discrete Manufacturing

Why AI Needs IoT to Deliver Real Value in Industrial Operations

Artificial intelligence dominates manufacturing strategy conversations, yet most industrial AI projects stall before they deliver measurable value. The missing ingredient is almost always the same: reliable, contextualized data flowing from IoT sensors, PLCs, and edge devices on the plant floor. In this IIoT World explainer, we break down why AI and IoT are not separate […]

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