India, Jan. 8 -- The past two years mark a decisive shift in how artificial intelligence is being deployed across global industries. While 2025 was defined by the rapid embedding of AI into operational systems, 2026 is shaping up to be a period of recalibration, one that brings engineering discipline back to the centre of intelligent system design.

According to Debajit Sen, Principal Architect at Calsoft, 2025 represented a watershed moment in enterprise AI adoption. "2025 was the year of Smartification," Sen said, noting that AI became embedded into core systems across manufacturing, automotive, telecommunications, networking, healthcare, insurance and retail, driving efficiency through self-optimisation and automation.

By 2025, AI had...