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Agentic AI hits the factory floor: theCUBE’s QAD Champions of Manufacturing keynote analysis
If artificial intelligence has ever felt abstract, its latest proving ground is anything but conceptual. AI-powered factory operations has emerged as more than just a tool – it signals a structural shift in how manufacturers create value. The industry is at an inflection point as digital labor, agentic systems and adaptive architectures converge to break ...
Telemetry to takeoff: Inside the race for an agentic AI platform that scales
Artificial intelligence, routed via an agentic AI platform, offers fewer miracles and more guarantees — but only where governance outruns hype. Organizations consistently agree that production-grade agents need a policy-aware control plane to manage access and risk. Whatever the stack, it should integrate control, context, lifecycle management and cost-aware observability to maintain auditability at scale, ...
Mind the AI value gap: How operational intelligence is defining the agentic workforce
Operational intelligence provides enterprises with a promising advantage: enhanced data quality that enables faster decision-making. But as artificial intelligence-powered agents become more integrated into the workforce, that same autonomy introduces new challenges around governance, accountability and change control. Early AI adoption has brought significant challenges. Many agents impress in isolation, yet turning them into dependable, ...
What to expect during the Refresh North America event: Join theCUBE Nov. 17
Artificial intelligence might be widespread, but results do not necessarily always follow. Now, advocates for people-first AI seek to bridge this disconnect — for good. One of these advocates is Freshworks Inc., a provider of AI-powered service software for customer and employee experiences. The company enters the final quarter of this year with strong momentum ...
Why continuous control monitoring is the hard line between safe AI and hype
In the enterprise push to operationalize artificial intelligence, context is what separates hype from value. In response, organizations are turning to built-in continuous control monitoring to convert speed into return on investment that doesn’t compromise trust. Institutions are raising concerns that innovation might race ahead while audits, risk reviews and customer assurances lag, creating a ...
Orchestrating success: Why adaptive leadership wins when AI changes the score
Artificial intelligence continues to improve at execution, but the real challenge lies in the human coordination behind complex work. That’s where adaptive leadership proves essential — knowing how to guide people and adjust to changing circumstances rather than following a fixed plan. Enterprises can look to an orchestra as a clear example of operational complexity. ...
From compliance to co-creation: AI transforms Oklahoma’s public services
Artificial intelligence might be staring down its biggest opponent yet: bureaucracy itself. But far from becoming yet another expense, AI-led process intelligence is looking to pay for itself in saved hours — and it’s the taxpayer who feels the results. For the State of Oklahoma, the initiative has evolved from compliance fixes to an operational ...
Three insights you might have missed at Audit & Beyond
Artificial intelligence is closing the book on manual auditing. But among the hype, what indicates substance in the emergent field of AI-powered assurance? At Audit & Beyond 2025, the answer started with “execution.” Recent moves from AuditBoard Inc. itself underline that stance – including agreeing to acquire AI governance startup FairNow. In short, the company ...
What to expect during the Nvidia GTC Washington, D.C. event: Join theCUBE Oct. 30
Artificial intelligence continues to dominate the news. Demand for graphics processing units has reshaped global markets, and spending on AI infrastructure across governments and industries continues to reach unprecedented levels. This week, however, the conversation extends beyond AI itself — the focus is shifting to how it’s executed. Nvidia Corp.’s second GTC event of the ...
Last call for silos: How AI is powering a connected risk revolution
As businesses grow faster with artificial intelligence, the audit must leave behind compliance-focused silos and embrace strategic collaboration. To this end, a new era of AI-powered risk intelligence has well arrived. At its simplest, risk intelligence means common definitions across the enterprise, paired with one place to pull insight. The payoff is practical: quicker time ...