The use of artificial intelligence has focused mainly on knowledge-driven industries so far. However, the true game-changer was the application in the core operational fields of business and engineering. Here, AI unlocks immense efficiency and synergy potential - up to and including the transformation of entire business and industry models. This volume highlights today=s practical applications and future perspectives of AI in industrial technologies. It explores generative and emotional AI, the impact on jobs and skills, and uses in healthcare, diagnostics, and mobility - illustrated by human-machine interfaces, recognition techniques, and large language models. Providing both strategic and operational guidance, it equips professionals and executives not just to observe but to actively shape this epochal transformation.