| About | Andy Patrizio is a freelance technology writer based in Orange County, California. He's written for a variety of publications, ranging from Tom's Guide to Wired to Dr. Dobbs Journal. Siemens and Google Cloud team to deliver AI-based manufacturing solutions Google Cloud's AI and machine-learning capabilities will be combined with Siemens' factory automation portfolio. Jiraroj Praditcharoenkul / Getty Images Coming soon to a factory floor near you: Google AI. Google Cloud and Siemens have announced an agreement that calls for Siemens to integrate Google Cloud's AI and machine learning technologies into its factory automation products. Google Cloud's AI/ML capabilities will be combined with Siemens Digital Industries' factory automation portfolio, allowing manufacturers to harmonize their factory data, run cloud-based AI/ML models on top of that data, and deploy algorithms at the network edge. This enables applications such as the visual inspection of products or predicting the wear-and-tear of machines on the assembly line.