This article synthesizes contemporary scholarship on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) within corporate finance, regulatory compliance, and fraud risk management to propose an integrative theoretical and practical framework. Drawing on recent empirical and conceptual studies that examine AI-enabled decision-support systems, natural language processing, machine learning pipelines, robotic process automation, and governance-oriented automation, the paper foregrounds how these technologies reconfigure the detection, prevention, and oversight functions that underpin corporate financial integrity. The abstracted contributions are threefold. First, the article develops a layered taxonomy linking AI capabilities (predictive modeling, anomaly detection, transaction monitoring, text analytics) to specific corporate finance functions (reporting quality, treasury operations, audit trails, regulatory reporting), highlighting the pathways through which AI can enhance efficiency and decision quality while introducing new operational and ethical risks (Rane, 2024; Hassan et al., 2023). Second, it elaborates design principles for ethically scalable automation and governance architectures that reconcile performance with regulatory transparency and accountability (Lin, 2024; Ajmal et al., 2025; Adeyelu et al., 2024). Third, the paper advances concrete approaches for AI-driven fraud risk management that combine model robustness, human-in-the-loop processes, interpretability, and regulatory oversight practices for emerging markets with constrained institutional capacity (Asad, 2025; Aziza et al., 2023). Throughout, the analysis critically examines trade-offs—between automation and human judgment, predictive power and fairness, throughput and auditability—offering prescriptive recommendations for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. The article concludes with a research agenda identifying pressing empirical tests, methodological improvements, and policy reforms needed to realize AI’s promise in corporate finance without compromising governance, financial stability, or equitable outcomes.

Modern manufacturing environments are characterized by increasing complexity and reliance on sophisticated digital systems, particularly Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) [1]. The seamless and secure update of MES software is critical to maintaining operational efficiency, enhancing security, and introducing new functionalities without disrupting production [14]. Traditional update strategies often involve significant downtime or introduce risks to tightly integrated industrial processes [11, 15]. This article proposes an adaptive, hybrid deployment strategy for software updates to the MES layer, leveraging concepts from cloud computing, edge computing, and robust deployment methodologies. The proposed framework aims to minimize disruption, enhance system resilience, and ensure data integrity during update cycles in complex industrial settings.

Background: Modern manufacturing systems increasingly require integration of adaptive control, machine vision, and socio-technical design practices to respond to variability, defects, and evolving market requirements. Drawing on classical systems and cybernetics theories alongside contemporary advances in machine vision, robotics, and MLOps-driven engineering, this article synthesizes a multidisciplinary framework for adaptive cybernetic design in intelligent manufacturing. Methods: We develop a conceptual process model grounded in established theoretical traditions (systems theory, cybernetics, design science) and augment it with process-level mechanisms from product development, organizational learning, and modern data-driven practices. The model is elaborated through text-based methodological constructs—control architectures, feedback-loop specification, knowledge-integration patterns, and human–robot collaboration protocols. Results: The framework yields a detailed set of design heuristics and process prescriptions: (1) explicit layering of feedback loops for perception, decision, and organizational learning derived from cybernetic principles; (2) modular vision–robot integration patterns informed by contemporary object-detection and quality-control research; (3) resource allocation and testing strategies that balance exploration and exploitation in product development; and (4) socio-technical collaboration processes that foster shared understanding and integrate tacit and codified knowledge. Each prescription is linked to measurable metrics—controllability, robustness to defects, speed of learning, and ambiguity reduction in team cognition. Conclusions: The proposed adaptive cybernetic design framework unites time-tested theoretical foundations with modern vision-based automation and MLOps practices to address complexity in small and large manufacturing environments. The framework supports safer, more resilient, and more rapidly learning manufacturing systems but requires careful consideration of interpretability, traceability, and human factors. Implications: Researchers should empirically validate the framework in longitudinal industrial case studies; practitioners may adopt the heuristics to redesign feedback architectures and vision-robot integration pipelines.