Category: Safetytech
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Getting Past the Pilot Often Starts With Selecting the Right Technology
Many pilots of AI and other advanced technologies begin with real enthusiasm and then lose momentum without reaching a clear conclusion. Various industry studies suggest that between 70 and 80 percent of technology transformations stall before reaching operational maturity, and the current pressure to be seen adopting AI has arguably made this more common. It… Read more
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“Safetytech” may be having a moment, yet nobody seems to agree on what to call it. But does it matter?
Recently, prompted partly by my book Industrial Safetytech and partly by small talk, clients, partners and old colleagues have asked me about safetytech, how it started, what it actually means, and where it is going. So I decided to pull together an extract from the book that covers how things unfolded in the past few… Read more
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Scout New Tech Like a Pro
Ask most executives whether their organisation is good at finding new technology for their pressing needs, and they will say yes. Ask them to walk you through the actual process the last time they dåid it, and the answer often gets vaguer fast. It is surprising how many companies, including some with real innovation budgets… Read more
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Book Release: Industrial Safetytech
We are incredibly excited to share the news that we have launched a new book! INDUSTRIAL SAFETYTECH: From Strategy to the Frontline – A Practical Guide to Deploying AI and Advanced Technologies in High-Risk Operations Despite decades of progress, people still die and are seriously injured at work. Technologies like AI, computer vision, and connected sensors… Read more
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Safetytech in maritime: is the tide turning?
Today I attended the TT Club Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony in London, organised by Mike Yarwood and his great team at TT Club, with the support of ICHCA International and TOC Worldwide. It was great to see so many familiar faces and meet some old contacts. Two years ago, I was on a panel… Read more
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Is industrial AI the real frontier for AI safety now?
Is industrial AI the real frontier for AI risk now? I spent some time from a very busy week, familiarising myself with the recently released International AI Safety Report 2026, led by Yoshua Bengio: https://lnkd.in/eURPNjed What strikes me is how many of the top risks mentioned are related to AI encroaching on the physical world:… Read more
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AI Safety: Still long way to go!
My 15yo son recently showed me a troubling demo on how to bypass AI safeguards. Major LLMs like Gemini, Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT have implemented guardrails to prevent them from generating harmful or unethical advice, particularly for “how to make” variety of dangerous topics. Yet, he showed me how you can ask prohibited questions to… Read more
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SafetyTech: From a Provocation to a Discipline?
Recently, a new report from RAND Europe, The intersection of occupational safety and health with emerging technology, has provided a crucial update on the state of SafetyTech. The report offers a comprehensive evidence review of this nascent field to date. By mapping what is and isn’t known about the impact of new technologies on worker well-being,… Read more
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The Future of Industrial AI: From Self-Writing Software to Digital Operators
By Dr Maurizio Pilu, PhD (AI), eMBA, Fellow IETAugust 2025 Over the past decade, I have had the privilege of working directly with dozens of industrial clients on AI-based innovations and working “under the bonnet” with some of the best industrial AI tech on the planet. The GenAI disruption of the past few years has… Read more