AVEVA Urges Human Oversight for Industrial AI as Adoption Jumps 78%
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Updated · MIT Technology Review · Oct 8
AVEVA Urges Human Oversight for Industrial AI as Adoption Jumps 78%
1 articles · Updated · MIT Technology Review · Oct 8
Summary
Arti Garg said advanced industrial AI is moving into physical operations, where foundation, agentic and robotics systems can automate more complex tasks but raise safety and reliability risks.
A 78% rise in industrial AI adoption over two years is pushing companies to set guardrails, with AVEVA arguing AI should augment people in critical decisions rather than replace them.
AVEVA’s framework centers on security, efficiency and human oversight, while newer tools link telemetry, service logs and engineering documents to speed real-time diagnosis and keep workers out of hazardous areas.
Garg said sustainability must be built in too, citing AI’s role in managing renewable-heavy power grids and an IEEE effort to create a standard for measuring AI’s electricity, water, resource and carbon footprint.
Within 18 months, Garg expects AI-assisted coding, robots and drones to spread further in plants, power systems and mines, provided companies also redesign processes and test autonomy in controlled settings.