The industrial edge is getting significantly smarter. This came up at a plant visit last week. @IIoT_World @CRudinschi @agentic_factory @IotoneHQ @Softnet_Search @SmartIndustryUS
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Five Pillars of Modern AI: Integration and Governance
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This diagram nails it. Modern AI isn’t one thing — it’s 5 interacting pillars: GenAI • LLMs • RAG • Agents • Agentic systems The edge isn’t tools. It’s how you connect, control, and govern them. Miss one layer → fragile AI.
→ View original post on X — @ingliguori, 2026-04-11 17:25 UTC
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Open Standards for Managed AI Agents Architecture
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i agree there should be managed agents, i just think they should be built on open harnesses and open memory standards check out deep agents deploy:
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Human drivers feel unsafe after using autonomous Waymo vehicles
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Been taking Waymos all week. Now in a Lyft. Sitting in the back of a human-driven car is both terrifying and nauseating. There’s no way we’re gonna be allowed to do this much longer.
→ View original post on X — @scobleizer, 2026-04-11 15:22 UTC
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Claude for Word Beta: AI Integration Nails Microsoft Office Productivity
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🚨 Anthropic just made Microsoft Word cool again.
— Charly Wargnier (@DataChaz) 11 avril 2026
“Claude for Word” is officially in beta.
Now you get Claude right in your sidebar. NO MORE TAB SWITCHING 🤯
I think they completely nailed the execution on this one.
The top 4 mind-blowing features:
1. Cross-app brain
→ It… pic.twitter.com/MuWccy1TDv🚨 Anthropic just made Microsoft Word cool again. “Claude for Word” is officially in beta. Now you get Claude right in your sidebar. NO MORE TAB SWITCHING 🤯 I think they completely nailed the execution on this one. The top 4 mind-blowing features: 1. Cross-app brain → It can analyze your open Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint files at the same time (!) 2. Native tracked changes → It suggests edits like a human coworker, it doesn’t just overwrite your work. 3. Formatting that actually works → It respects your H1s, H2s, and even complex numbering. 4. Team skills → You can turn your best prompts into reusable tools for your whole team. IMO this is the most practical AI integration I’ve seen all year. Who’s testing this today?
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Tabletop Drills and Live Simulations for Engineering Teams
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Run tabletop drills and live simulations involving engineering, operations, maintenance, and management teams together.
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Minimal ICS Design for Plant Resilience and Manual Operations
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Practice the 'least viable ICS' concept: identify minimal components needed to keep plant running and operate in local/manual mode if needed.
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Immutable Industrial Control System Backups and Restore Testing
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Immutable backups of PLC programs, HMI configurations, and historian databases stored offline in separate physical locations.
— Lucian Fogoros (@fogoros) 11 avril 2026
Incorporate restore drills to verify fresh devices can be configured from backup.
Your backup is worthless if you can't restore under pressure. pic.twitter.com/puBdOnQFQjImmutable backups of PLC programs, HMI configurations, and historian databases stored offline in separate physical locations.
Incorporate restore drills to verify fresh devices can be configured from backup.
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Agent Harnesses and Memory as Context Architecture
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a big part of agent harnesses is how they interact with context memory is just context its therefor impossible to separate harness from memory – as @sarahwooders says, "memory isn't a plugin (it's a harness)"
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Autonomous Robot Technology Could Eliminate Dangerous High-Rise Cleaning
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This #Autonomous #Robot Could End Deadly High-Rise Cleaning Jobs
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 11 avril 2026
by @lukas_m_ziegler#Robotics #Engineering #Innovation #Technology pic.twitter.com/pxKE4GY9tDThis #Autonomous #Robot Could End Deadly High-Rise Cleaning Jobs by @lukas_m_ziegler #Robotics #Engineering #Innovation #Technology
→ View original post on X — @ronald_vanloon, 2026-04-11 13:11 UTC