Security and networking were industrial IoT's top challenges. Now there's a third: Practical AI

Sponsored Some would have us believe that the whole of Internet of Things will soon be artificially intelligent. Not only do we not think that's true, we think the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) – the part that does the meaningful work – will take longer than the rest of the connected device industry to acquire those AI features. IDC in November 2016 made a lofty prediction: some form of AI would make its way into all IoT deployments by this year. "By 2019, 40 per cent of all digital transformation initiatives, and 100 per cent of all effective IoT efforts, will be supported by cognitive/AI capabilities." A Skynet crafted from smart kettles and door locks by 2019?