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Robot hands typing on a computer keyboard, automation and AI research concept illustration

Trend: The bots are coming (to ratings and reporting)

March 23, 2020

By John Davies
Automation and artificial intelligence are being leveraged to both generate and evaluate ESG data. Is that a good thing?
Neil Dave, CEO, Tidal, X moonshot

Alphabet moonshot Tidal heralds the age of precision aquaculture

March 12, 2020

By Heather Clancy
Demand for protein from sea creatures such as tuna, salmon and shrimp is growing far faster than for animal proteins.
Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Google.org

How Google.org accelerates social good with artificial intelligence

March 11, 2020

By Shannon Houde
A conversation with Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, who is helping the tech giant support emerging technologies that could make a positive impact in health, education, economic opportunity and empowerment, environmental protection and conservation.
Business people meeting together

How big data and AI can make supply chains better for consumers and the planet

February 12, 2020

By Carol Fung
Mining information about what people want and what they buy (as well as when and why they buy) can lead to surprising innovations that can have far-reaching effects.
Lioness, camera trap, Google, Wildlife Insights

Welcome to the roaring 2020s, the artificial intelligence decade

January 2, 2020

By Heather Clancy
The applications being made possible by breakthroughs in machine learning, image recognition, analytics and sensors are profoundly practical.
Vegetables are grown using vertical farming system.

Entrepreneurs and government are teaming up to boost food security in the United Arab Emirates — and beyond

December 3, 2019

By Rabiya Jaffery
From vertical farms to fish caves, new technologies aim to boost food production and vanquish hunger.

ThredUP's Chris Homer on how the company uses machine learning in its operations

November 14, 2019

WithChris Homer and Heather Clancy
CTO and Cofounder Chris Homer says the resale market has doubled in the last five years and expects it to double again over the next five to 10 years.

Oracle Real Estate Facilities' Francisco Ruiz on IoT and building efficiency

November 14, 2019

WithFrancisco Ruiz and Lauren Phipps
Data collected from AI and IoT technologies can empower companies to make better decisions about their energy consumption.
Madrid Metro, ventilation, artificial intelligence, Accenture

This AI-driven energy efficiency app in Madrid's metro has many fans

November 7, 2019

By Heather Clancy
The software has helped Metro de Madrid reduce its energy costs by 25 percent so far.

Andrew Zolli on using space to help life on earth

November 6, 2019

WithAndrew Zolli
Andrew Zolli, VP of Global Impact Initiatives of Planet, takes on the VERGE 19 main stage to discuss new generations of Earth-observing satellites that are imaging the whole Earth, every day, in high-resolution.