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February 2025

2025: The Year of AI Agents

Don Morron, Podcast Host of AI PHYSEC TODAY, explores the role that AI Agents will play in the physical security industry.

By Don Morron, Podcast Host of AI PHYSEC TODAY

As seen in Security Journal Americas

Some people still think generative AI is just good for creating poetry and pictures—well, someone should tell that to the tech giants who dumped nearly $150 billion into AI in the first half of 2024 alone, according to Forbes. Meanwhile, predictions are rolling in that AI will have a multi-trillion-dollar economic impact around the globe, as reported by IOFund.

Industry experts say that the real payoff on all this investment will come from a new breakthrough known as AI Agents.

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ISC West Launch Announcement

Watch for our special ISC West edition of The Reader next month! You won't want to miss it when we reveal something new launching at the show!

Multiple credentials—which use a smartphone's Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology to communicate with Conekt mobile-ready readers—can be loaded into the Conekt Wallet App.

Product Spotlight: CONEKT^® CMC-2 Mobile Credentials

With a convenient and secure cloud-based delivery system—and no physical credentials to inventory—Conekt mobile credentials are quicker and easier to order, distribute, and maintain.

Benefits:

Supports industry-standard and custom access control formats.
Delivered in the exact ID sequence ordered.
Options to private label with logo, graphics, text and more.
Secured with AES encryption.
Operates on Apple® iPhone® and Google® Android™-based smartphones.

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