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Perspectives, field feedback and pedagogy: to think about useful AI, with humans at the centre.

AI sovereignty: the most expensive outage is the one you inflict on yourself

An Asma Mhalla talk at a MEDEF event first annoyed me, then took me a week to digest. What I take from it: on the ground, it isn't the attack that destroys the most value, it's the fear that freezes everything.

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Where AI has no business being: industrial cases where the real problem is elsewhere

The gadget, the uncontrolled hallucination, the ritual no one keeps alive, the managerial problem disguised as tech: where AI will fix nothing.

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Industrial logistics: transport cost control and a control tower, AI-assisted

Match carrier invoices against real services and weights, rebill the right customer, and finally see clearly: AI roughs out, the human arbitrates.

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Vibe coding: the end of an era, the return of discipline

Andrej Karpathy says it plainly: "vibe coding" is giving way to agent engineering. A signal that reaches far beyond code, and speaks to any AI-driven transformation.

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EHS: where AI helps the signatory of a prevention plan (and where it never decides)

In EHS, AI prepares and structures the signatory's work, but the decision that carries legal responsibility stays strictly human.

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Regulatory dossiers: tipping the 80/20 with AI, within the GMP framework

In a regulated environment, AI can absorb the formatting and leave the expert on the substance, without ever touching the decision or the batch release.

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Answering recurring customer questions faster with an AI knowledge base

Your sales reps answer the same customer questions ten times a week: an AI knowledge base can give that time back.

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Inspection robots in the plant: what they're really for (and when a sensor is enough)

Leaks, hot spots, tamper-proof readings: inspection robots have real uses. But sometimes a simple sensor does the job, and it has to be said.

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Forecasting demand without a crystal ball: AI to support planning

One or two week forecasts rarely land right. AI roughs out a number, the planner adjusts with field knowledge.

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Capturing know-how before it retires

A written work instruction doesn't transmit the gesture. How to film know-how and turn it, with AI, into training newcomers actually understand.

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Calculating your OEE without a costly MES: AI for industrial SMEs

A full MES often exceeds an SME's budget, but AI can consolidate your OEE readings and turn them into a real dashboard.

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The data you capture and never use: the first AI quick win

Before buying sensors, make visible the data you already capture. It's often the fastest gain, and the cheapest.

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Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral, Perplexity: which tool for which industrial use

There is no best AI in the abstract, only the right AI for the right use, chosen for your context.

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SaaS isn't going away. It's going to become invisible.

The real question isn't "agents versus software," but intelligence as a system: orchestrating rather than replacing.

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AI and Industry: From Prevention to Lasting Performance

Anticipate rather than endure: predictive AI, paired with human vigilance, builds safer and higher-performing sites.

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Minutes, emails, reporting: the AI quick wins that give time back

The fastest and least risky AI gains live in daily admin work: meeting minutes, emails, reporting.

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Discipline, preparation and AI: performance is never improvised

As in elite sport, AI-driven transformation is first and foremost a matter of culture, preparation and consistency.

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When AI Becomes an Ally for Well-Being at Work

Well placed, AI eases cognitive overload and returns attention to what matters: a support, not a substitute.

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The idea factory: surfacing the right AI use cases with your teams

The best way to start an AI project isn't to pick a tool, it's to spend a day on the shop floor.

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The Right Intelligence in the Right Place: The New Frontier of Industrial Performance

Industrial waste has changed in nature: it is no longer measured only in lost time, but in misplaced intelligence.

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Why I created Angle Intelligence

After twenty-five years running plants, I created Angle Intelligence. Not to ride the AI hype, to do exactly the opposite.

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