The Italian manufacturing system is beginning to incorporate artificial intelligence to a greater extent, with the adoption threshold of one in five companies being quickly approached. Between 2024 and 2025, the percentage of organizations stating that they use AI solutions climbed from 13.1% to 19.5%. This evolution is reflected in an analysis conducted by Unioncamere, the Italian Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Crafts, and Agriculture, in partnership with its in-house agency Dintec. Although the services sector continues to be the primary driver (25.9% of companies utilize this technology), the manufacturing and traditional supply chains have been the most unexpected developments in the past year. Industry, in fact, saw the greatest gain in absolute terms, more than doubling adoption from 6.2% in 2024 to 13.60% in 2025. The incorporation of AI tends to favor organizations who are already focused on digital innovation. Companies that implement AI exhibit a higher level of digital maturity than those that do not (on a scale of 0 to 4, the average digital maturity score for adopting AI is 2.81, while it is 2.17 for those that do not). There is also a link between the use of AI and the ability to manage design, research, and development activities: 39.3% of organizations that use AI manage R&D in a fully automated and integrated manner across company functions (compared to 24.1% of those that do not). Another motivator for the usage of this technology is globalization. Companies that export had an 11.9% AI adoption rate, compared to 7.1% for those who just operate on the local market. The data thus indicates a consolidation in the use of technology, albeit adoption rates vary by industry and are heavily influenced by enterprises' digital maturity and organizational skills.