AI is being deployed today to help Manufacturing food and make sure shelves are refilled — These days, with so many established truths, habits, and patterns changing and shifting in our life, it’s refreshing to have at least a handful of unmovable reference points. …

How AI is moving from a nice to have, to a must have — It was the summer of 2012 when Google, in a big media splash, showed how its AI had been “trained a network of 1,000 computers wired up like a brain to recognize cats.” Neural networks, or its most recent rebranding, “deep learning,” have been established field with decades of research…

How AI and automation can address America’s broken path from factories to consumers — There are few things that can turn the mood faster, and more efficiently, than a nice bowl of ice cream. From the chocolate syrup and sprinkles to the whipped cream and cherry on top, a bowl of ice cream provides the sense of comfort that consumers craved throughout the pandemic…

When it comes to caregiving, the human touch is irreplaceable. With AI’s help, that might actually happen more often. — In 2017, the CDC estimated that the average wait time in a US emergency room was about 40 minutes, with more than 22 million visits requiring patients to wait for over an hour. While going to the emergency room is never fun — with long wait times, frustration and exhaustion…

What Our Past Teaches Us About The Future — While 2020 might be remembered as the year the world stopped, there are reasons to be optimistic about what’s in store for us, and for artificial intelligence (AI), in 2021. A glance at the past might reassure us. In the mid-1300s, my native Italy was devastated by the bubonic plague…

From utopian lights-out Industry 4.0 to realistic AI-augmented manufacturing — My childhood friend Marco was born and raised like me, in the Italian maritime city of Monfalcone. Fifty miles away from Venice, at the very North tip of the Mediterranean, he works in the city shipyard. His job? Building luxurious cruise ships — some of the largest in the world…

Building an AI business in the middle of a Pandemic — On the morning of March 12th, it was with a heavy heart, that I spoke with my management team about our decision to not renew the lease of our Seaport headquarters of Boston-based AI startup Neurala. Born and raised in Italy, I had heard enough real-life stories from my friends…

How AI has (deeply) reshaped an industry — In March 2020, few would have thought of industrial manufacturers as early adopters of new technology. Traditionally a conservative industry, each new technology is carefully evaluated before potentially disrupting very complex and consolidated processes. …

When it comes to deploying AI for an application, manufacturers need to think deeply not only what to develop, but also the physical incarnation of the envisioned AI system. — Typically, Deep Learning — the subspecies of AI application that have gained the spotlight in the past few years thanks to their success in deploying real-world working AI at scale — is offered as Cloud-supported Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) platforms.