AI, Education, and the New Job Market: The Bottom Rung Goes First
Most conversations about artificial intelligence and employment begin with a sweeping question: Will AI take jobs? That question may be too broad to be useful. A better one is: Which…
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Closing the Loop with Agentic AI in Manufacturing
A service technician replaces a bearing on a customer’s pump and records the repair. At another location, a second technician makes the same repair. A third customer submits a warranty…
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Who Owns the Pumps? The Cybersecurity Gap Between IT and Public Works
The first sign of trouble was not a warning on an IT dashboard. Water operators in several towns in Minnesota discovered that they could no longer reach the controllers that…
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AI Spending Is the Cloud Problem All Over Again
People are not good at understanding consumption models. We want a price tag. Tell us what something costs and we can budget for it. Ask us to work out what…
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Your Next Manufacturing Hire Could Be a Digital Worker
Manufacturers depend on people whose experience is difficult to replace. The buyer who knows which supplier will answer the phone when a shipment slips. The maintenance technician who recognizes a…
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