1. Why AI in Industry Is Not a Smooth Sailing Journey

In factories, engineering offices, workshops, and logistics centers, AI is making its way into every corner. It’s being tasked with monitoring production lines, maintaining machinery, planning workflows, and reducing energy consumption. On paper, it all seems simple: you collect data, train a model, and the magic happens. Except that, in practice, the magic has its limits.

The figures drive this point home. According to McKinsey (2024), fewer than a quarter of industrial companies derive real benefits from their AI initiatives ...