Thought leadership

Humans and AI are collaborating to reshape manufacturing’s destiny. Manufacturing is receiving considerable attention lately, particularly in the United States. Our concept of prosperity and cultural identity is closely tied to this age-old industry.

AI technologists are in fast pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI), with some predicting it could arrive as soon as in the next few years.

Strategic tech investments, like data cleanup, automation, targeted marketing and AI-powered insights, can help businesses thrive in a recession by boosting efficiency, uncovering new revenue streams and preparing teams to make faster, data-driven decisions.

Open-source technology has been one of the greatest contributors to tech innovation over the past 30 years. The ability to share R&D costs, reuse common code blocks, and accelerate proprietary applications fostered a technological boom that still shapes the digital ecosystem we occupy today.

President Donald Trump’s proposed FY 2026 budget slashes funding for federal agencies, including NSF and NIST, which support tech research and innovation in the U.S.

In 2020, Swiss-based Roche, one of the world’s largest healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, undertook a significant robotic process automation (RPA) implementation for their Asia division. Despite substantial investment and meticulous planning, they encountered a major and unexpected obstacle: People. Roche noted that the “human side of change remains the most challenging element in managing any digital transformation. Resistance to change results in slow technology adoption, internal bottlenecks, and low return on investment.”

While AI Agents, or agentic AIs, are being touted as the next leap in human productivity, the unadvertised reality is that, like other AI technologies, they are only as good as the humans that design and use them.