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Dolo Miah

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AI adoption in business: real examples, risks and lessons from UK leaders

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AI: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Over the last six months, I have had the privilege of sitting down - virtually and in person - with leaders from across UK industries: energy, utilities, construction, law, manufacturing, media, education, and beyond. Not to sell anything. Not to run a workshop. Just to have an honest conversation about where they are with AI adoption and implementation.

What I heard was revealing. Not because everyone was doing extraordinary things with AI (some were, some weren't), but because the honesty in those conversations cut through the noise that dominates most AI discourse

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Bondzai joins Linebreak (now New Icon) to deploy real-time AI for predictive maintenance and quality in manufacturing

Linebreak and New Icon merged in April 2025 and now operate as a unified company under the New Icon brand.

Linebreak (now New Icon), a global edge solution provider and Bondzai, a leader in edge AI, today announce a new strategic partnership. Bondzai will bring innovative real-time edge AI capabilities to Linebreak's platform, enabling enterprises to radically improve the resilience and quality of their manufacturing systems.

Manufacturers are real-time enterprises: they need to harness all of their data to fuel AI processing for smarter and faster decision making. Their critical data is increasingly distributed across multiple devices, sensors, and remote

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