AI Revolutionizes Industries as Jabil Exec Shares Lessons from Defense and Manufacturing

AI is transforming industries at an unprecedented rate according to Tom Hall, director of defense at Jabil and expert in emerging technologies. In a public lecture, 'How AI Is Changing Business: Lessons from Startups, Manufacturing and Defense,' he will share insights on how artificial intelligence is reshaping both the battlefield and supporting industries.

Hall believes AI's greatest value lies not in replacing workers but in reducing time-consuming tasks by up to 80%, freeing up resources for more critical issues. He draws on his experience leading AI programs at Jabil, Cisco, and Veritas to illustrate how emerging technologies are accelerating innovation and supply-chain processes.

For example, Hall noted that a backlog of approximately 18,000 planes in the U.S. is due to manufacturing challenges that AI can help address by rapidly speeding up operations and optimizing production efficiencies.