The Edge AI Foundation, formerly known as the tinyML Foundation, is a global non-profit organization made up of industry professionals, academia, and policymakers focused on promoting lightweight and energy-efficient AI technologies including tinyML, edge AI, and on-device AI. The foundation announced an expanded charter and brand identity at Taipei 2024 which includes a new name, brand, website, initiatives, and partners to better embrace the rapid innovation occurring in the AI and technology sectors.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched its first fully electronic starter with semiconductor technology. The SIMATIC ET 200SP e-Starter offers short-circuit protection that is 1,000 times faster and is virtually wear-free compared with conventional solutions such as circuit breakers or fuses. This ensures optimal protection for motors as well as other types of loads and the applications in which they are used.

Developing a central knowledge base for workers to easily find information relevant to their jobs can be difficult for manufacturers, even for a large company like Georgia-Pacific. As more experienced workers continue to exit the manufacturing industry, the need for a centralized knowledge base is even greater as companies must quickly get new workers up to speed. Georgia-Pacific has adopted industrial AI to develop what it calls "ChatGP," a chatbot that can respond to operator and worker questions.

In today's interconnected world, critical infrastructure (CI) sectors face an ever-evolving landscape of cyber and physical threats. As these sectors embrace digital transformation and the convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT), the need for robust, adaptable security strategies has never been more pressing.

Rockwell Automation has launched its FactoryTalk DataMosaix App Builder, a more streamlined, low/no code development tool that works seamlessly with its FactoryTalk DataMosaix Private Cloud, a DataOps solution designed to support various business needs. FactoryTalk DataMosaix helps businesses to manage their applications and data, if required, on cloud platforms, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or through on-premise datacenters.

For greater flexibility in responding to changes in the manufacturing environment

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces the global release of OpreX Batch MES, a product in the OpreX™ Asset Operations and Optimization family. OpreX Batch MES is a manufacturing execution system (MES) package intended for use in batch plants that produce specialty and fine chemicals.

Cisco, a leading networking and security provider, announced a new Cisco 360 Partner Program designed to better address rapidly evolving and complex customer needs, including modernizing infrastructure, powering AI workloads anywhere, and keeping customers' organizations secure, resilient, and high performing. Developed in collaboration with partners and customers, Cisco will guide them through a 15-month transition period leading up to the program's launch in February 2026.

Palo Alto made a big splash recently with its release of Precision AI, a complete suite of offerings with embedded AI designed to make cybersecurity easier and increase cyber resilience for both IT and OT applications.

Siemens Stiftung (Foundation) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Siemens Limited to deploy Experimento India in schools. This digital Open Education Resources (OER), integrated into Project Jigyaasa of Siemens Limited will be accessible to all school students.