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Short updates, milestones, and announcements from the network.
Official launch
ZWF carries the official launch of Association Industrial AI (AI²) and its expert groups - a European community to take Industrial AI from proofs of concept into productive use.
Advisory board
AI² appoints Andrew Smith to its Advisory Board. COO at Macco Robotics, with 20+ years across Vorwerk, Accenture, and Avanade - strengthening AI²'s work on robotics and physical AI.
Network perspective
Anthropic disabled Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide after a US export-control directive. AI² practitioners on sovereignty, capability gaps, and what comes next.
Advisory board
AI² appoints Magdalena Jonczak to its Advisory Board. SVP Global Head of AI & Data at Deutsche Telekom Group / T-Systems—scaling industrial AI from pilots to governed, production-grade deployment.
Monthly call recap
Recap of the 29 May session: NXAI on xLSTM and TiRex, remberg on maintenance AI, Siemens on industrial-grade AI. Albert Ortig's talk is public; remberg and Siemens segments for signed-in members.
Kick-off recap
Recap of the 7 May kick-off: five keynotes on YouTube — welcome to AI², agentic engineering, Synera, manufacturing practice, and sovereign AI in Europe. Three parts are public; two are for signed-in members.
Advisory board
AI² appoints Prof. Dr. Martin Eigner to its Advisory Board. A pioneer of Product Lifecycle Management and model-based systems engineering, he co-leads the Product development & V-Model expert group.
Member hub
Portal members can now join the AI² Member hub, a members-only practitioner space on Discord for exchange across industrial AI, automation, and engineering.
Founding
With its founding meeting complete, AI² – Association Industrial AI is officially founded—an open, neutral platform to accelerate practical, responsible Industrial AI adoption across industry, academia, and technology.
Publication
Boris Scharinger’s new book maps how Industrial AI moves from pilots to scalable, value-generating implementation—with 350+ pages and 100+ solution briefs. Available from Hanser Verlag.
Advisory board
AI² appoints Dr. Christof Horn to its Advisory Board. He leads Accenture’s global Software-Defined Vehicle practice and Automotive and Mobility for DACH—bringing two decades of automotive and consulting experience.
AI² announces its first meetup focused on Industrial Agentic AI, covering architecture, governance, and pathways from experimentation to scalable implementation.
AI² – Association Industrial AI officially launches as a non-profit, independent European platform connecting engineering, manufacturing, research, and AI technology experts.
