AI is transforming business strategies, revolutionising industries, and creating new growth opportunities across the globe. It is a major driver for the future and is already impacting our everyday lives whether it is transportation or ordering food but to propel growth even further across different sectors, people and companies need to learn how to enable AI effectively. Speaking at GITEX Global, Leo Chen, Corporate Senior Vice President, President of Enterprise Sales, Huawei, elaborated on accelerating industrial digitalization and intelligence for a leap in productivity. As the world is gearing up for a productivity revolution, powered by the latest innovations, he said, “We all know the three great industrial revolutions of the past. Each was driven by innovation in general-purpose technologies. The result was increased productivity, and social and economic progress. During the First Industrial Revolution, we achieved mechanized production. During the Second, we achieved mass production. And during the Third, we achieved automated production. Now, the Fourth is here, thanks to AI, 5G-A, cloud, and other technologies. Automated production is becoming smarter. And the physical world is merging with the digital world.” At GITEX Global, the path to realising the potential of AI and Cloud technologies is clear: the world must invest in infrastructure – robust, powerful infrastructure; the theoretical immensity of AI and Tech must be targeted to real world, industrial scenarios and the proposed applications, products and solutions must be easily adoptable; and the innovation ecosystem must be nurtured to bridge the gaps in talent and policy. Huawei, alone, has developed more than 200 industry solutions based on in-depth studies of various industries, to provide various industries with reference models on how to achieve successful intelligent transformation addressing infrastructure, cloud, data and AI enablement. The future of AI, digital transformation, and the evolving workplace, igniting a vision for a smarter, more interconnected world. The rapid advancement and continuous innovation of digital and intelligent technologies such as 5G, cloud computing, big data, IoT, and AI have sparked widespread advancements at an unprecedented pace. AI, with its distinctive groundbreaking capabilities and potent enabling functions, has emerged as an indisputable leading technology. The advancement of digital and intelligent technologies represents more than just progress in technology. They are potentially driving forces for positive social change, reshaping every aspect of human society. From the way we live and work to our approach to education and environmental sustainability, these technologies are making a profound impact. They have seamlessly integrated into our lives, bringing about fundamental changes in our lifestyles and work pattern. A white paper shared at GITEX, ‘Amplifying Industrial Digitalization & Intelligence Practice White Paper, Embrace New Opportunities, Win the Future Together’ expounds, “The future of industry intelligence is full of infinite possibilities, which calls for our continuous exploration, technology innovations, science-based AI governance, and collaboration among policy, talent, and the industry ecosystem to build a global economic system featuring sustainability and autonomy. This is not only a technical challenge, but also a social and cultural transformation. In response, we need to embrace the era of industry intelligence with an open mind, a spirit of innovation, and a global cooperation approach, and be committed to building a future with a higher level of intelligence, efficiency, and sustainability.” With the tech advancements it is possible for all players to win – with the requisite investments in infrastructure and human capital we can move to a future where innovations have impact.