Preparing Critical Infrastructure for the AI Revolution: Reflections from Davos 2026
Summary: A Dragos executive, speaking after the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, described early deployments of AI controllers and agentic AI making autonomous decisions in battery farms, solar farms, wind farms, and mining, with adoption outpacing risk management. The post names two failure scenarios: an AI market reset or vendor consolidation that removes systems operations depend on overnight, and rising complexity that makes root cause analysis harder when organizations already fail to monitor OT environments.
Key Takeaway: Asset owners are being pushed by CEOs, boards, and investors to adopt AI faster than testing and validation timelines allow, while many still rely on IT monitoring that does not cover OT. The post asks a direct question: how would you run operations without the AI systems you are adopting, and do you retain the capability to operate manually or on legacy systems if they become unavailable?
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- Topics
- OT / ICS & Critical Infrastructure
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