India, April 6 -- Industrial AI is often discussed in broad terms, but its value in manufacturing depends on narrower, practical questions. Can it help reduce downtime? Can it improve engineering workflows without creating new risks? Can it make plant data more usable and strengthen cybersecurity in older industrial environments? Those questions sit at the center of comments from Ankur Pancholi, head of software and control at Rockwell Automation India, and Shally Verma, business lead for cybersecurity services at Rockwell Automation India.

The responses point to a view of industrial AI that is less about automation for its own sake and more about reliability, visibility, and risk management.

One part of that discussion focuses on predi...