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2025 Systems Trends: Critical Infrastructure Meets AI

Commentary on where AI and critical systems collide, and how to stay independent of fragility.

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AI agents and governance

AI agents are rising, bringing governance and disinformation challenges with them. Human-machine synergy will reshape interfaces and workflows; organizations must prepare controls that keep trust and continuity intact.

New computing frontiers

Quantum and low-cost sensors will enable new models and business patterns—and new risks. Update cryptography plans and design architectures that can absorb high-signal, high-noise sensor floods without losing reliability.

Independence as resilience

Sovereign compute reduces dependency on volatile vendor policies. Owning your backplane—compute, models, data governance—is a strategic hedge against external shocks.

sys3(a)i POV: We approach critical systems work by stress-testing architectures, integrating observability and governance from day one, and designing sovereign or edge footprints where independence and continuity matter most.

What to do next

Identify where this applies in your stack, map dependencies and failure modes, and align observability and governance before committing capital. Need help? Engage sys3(a)i.