Key Takeaways

• Four out of five U.S. manufacturing facilities run with zero automation, yet a large majority of executives say they expect to expand artificial intelligence within two years. The gap between intent and action is where the real story lives.
• A consumer chatbot exploit in late May handed attackers control of high-profile accounts in minutes, and the same failure pattern points straight at a barrier manufacturers rarely discuss openly.
• The companies pulling ahead are not the ones spending the most on artificial intelligence. They are the ones that fixed something unglamorous first, and most plants have not touched it yet.

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