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AI this Earth Day: Top opportunities to advance sustainability initiatives

IBM Big Data Hub

With 2024 on track to be the hottest year on record , data and AI can be applied to many areas to help supercharge sustainability efforts. We use to collect data from 6,500+ utility bills we receive globally each year and summarize total energy consumption, cost, and renewable electricity purchases across to save many hours of calculations.

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Critical Success Factors to Widespread Deployment of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Electric grid utilities are deploying smart meters to better correspond to consumers energy demands while lowering costs. Once installed, the malware “phoned home” to a command-and-control network run by the hacking group, which enabled them to enter the network and take further action. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 16:33.

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How AI Could Write Our Laws

Schneier on Security

Big energy companies expect action whenever there is a move to end drilling leases for federal lands, in exchange for the tens of millions they contribute to congressional reelection campaigns. What would happen if such legal-but-sneaky strategies for tilting the rules in favor of one group over another become more widespread and effective?