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Abstract

This review brings forth the major changes that Artificial Intelligence is bringing to product design and manufacturing. Thanks to generative design, machine learning and computer vision, AI makes creativity, optimization and automation much easier in product development. In designing products, AI speeds up coming up with new ideas, testing ideas and meeting customer needs and in processing products, it raises the quality, helps prevent problems and automates several tasks in smart facilities. The writing covers the key aspects of artificial intelligence, important tools involved and recent advancements. While AI greatly helps, still, some obstacles, for instance, problems with data quality, mixing multiple systems, transparent explanations and ethical questions persist. After that, considerations are given to areas such as sustainable design, working together with AI and explainable AI, revealing how AI could lead to more advanced, efficient and ethical development of products. This overview proves useful for researchers, engineers and industry leaders who want to apply AI to succeed against competition.