Video: AI for me but not yet for thee, telcos say at FutureNet World 2025

AI robot on a mountain
To hear telcos tell it, it may be longer than you think before we see commercial deployments of external facing AI. (Art by Midjourney for Fierce Network)

FUTURENET WORLD, LONDON – Fierce Network's Senior Reporter Dan Jones noticed a lot of AI washing going on at FutureNet World. Telcos are bringing the AI platforms out internally, but they're not actually pushing them out commercially, he said. It's going to be a while before that happens. 

Watch this video short to find out how long we'll have to wait. Plus, take a deeper dive and find out why operator CTOs hate it when you call wireless a utility in his companion story here:  The best way to upset a telco CTO? Call wireless a utility