Artificial Intelligence Reaches the Utility Industry

In recent weeks there has been an onslaught of news headlines pertaining to the fears of Artificial Intelligence (AI) after Google released its chatbot, Bard. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said “every product of every company” will be impacted by the quick development of AI, warning that society needs to prepare for AI technologies. In January 2023 Microsoft announced that its search engine Bing would include OpenAI’s GPT technology. Even the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is aware of the AI revolution and has launched hearings for listening sessions (I find that term ironic) that could determine whether AI systems can get full or partial credit as inventors of new ideas that could be granted patent protection.

Last year, Itron's Tory Neuenschwander and Mike Ting published a whitepaper on autonomous managed EV charging through the use of AI that can be found on Itron’s DEM webpage. Utilities are our trusted partners and this paper demonstrates Itron’s concern and social responsibility for the use of AI in its solutions.