{"id":11397,"date":"2024-09-19T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=11397"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:14:54","slug":"going-beyond-automation-with-the-industrial-copilot-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/ai-spectrum\/going-beyond-automation-with-the-industrial-copilot-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Going beyond automation with the Industrial Copilot &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=TLFIE9533959995\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<p>Chatbots and digital assistants aren\u2019t anything new, but their abilities and perceived intelligence were often extremely limited, giving them no place in the complex world of industrial design and manufacturing. Now, thanks to advances in industrial grade generative AI, that\u2019s all beginning to change. The Industrial Copilot is the first step in that change, offering human-like assistance and intelligence to users at every level of the industrial value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, host Spencer Acain is joined by Michi Lebacher and Alessia Bortolotti to discuss the applications of AI in the Industrial Copilot, a generative AI-based tool that assists users across a broad range of tasks and with intuitive natural language abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In this episode you will learn:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is the Industrial Copilot? (2:48)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the key areas the Industrial Copilot is applying AI? (6:08)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/09\/1669994843983.jpg\" alt=\"Alessia Bortolotti\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Alessia Bortolotti<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Customer Discovery Manager at Siemens AG<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alessia-bortolotti-75308b176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Alessia on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/09\/1521704789216.jpg\" 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class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Technical Writer for Global Marketing at Siemens Digital Industries Software<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/spencer-acain-a4267b125\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Spencer on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chatbots and digital assistants aren\u2019t anything new, but their abilities and perceived intelligence were often extremely limited, giving them 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