industrial AI 2026 Archives

February 24, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence & ML

2026 Industrial AI Trends: Driving Global Manufacturing with Agentic Systems

IIoT World analyzed the defining industrial AI trends shaping manufacturing in 2026, based on conference sessions, expert interviews, and deployment data from companies including Suzano, Danfoss, and C3 AI. Agentic AI in 2026 refers to systems designed to understand complex goals, create multi-step plans, and execute actions across multiple applications, with human oversight but without […]

January 9, 2026 · Connected Industry

What to watch in 2026: From generic AI tools to industrially trained intelligence

As manufacturing moves deeper into digital transformation, 2026 marks a turning point: the shift from generic productivity AI toward industrially trained intelligence embedded directly into operations. Manufacturers are no longer experimenting with chat-style tools—they are building AI systems grounded in plant data, engineering context, and real-world workflows. The result is a new operating model where […]