That is the emissions of 74k cars annually. But how does that stack up? In Dec 2021 Alpine presented a memo to Brad Smith, where she calculated how a single 2019 deal Microsoft struck with ExxonMobil would produce an estimated 6.4M tonnes of *additional* emissions annually. 13/
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Microsoft AI tools help oil and gas companies reduce emissions efficiently
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Let’s examine whether these deals might help with the energy transition. Microsoft & its O&G clients say its AI tools help make drilling more energy efficient. A Shell spox said they saw an estimated reduction of 340,000 tonnes of CO2 per year at one natural-gas facility. 12/
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Microsoft leverages OpenAI relationship to pitch AI to Chevron
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Microsoft also dangles its relationship with OpenAI. An executive strategy memo from June 2023 showed that Microsoft wanted to pitch Chevron, with which it has multiple deals including one over $1B, on adopting OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 & GPT-4 to “deliver more business value.” 8/
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Microsoft leverages genAI hype to secure energy industry contracts
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Microsoft has sought to leverage genAI hype to land more contracts. In Sept 2023, company execs noted that the energy industry was turning to Microsoft in a way that had perhaps “never happened before.” It needed to “maximize this opportunity” & “lay out the pathway” to genAI. 6/
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Microsoft’s Major Oil and Gas Market Opportunity Worth Billions
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This is big business for Microsoft. Internal employee reports estimate the O&G industry represents a market opportunity of between $35 billion to $75 billion – especially notable with the pressures Microsoft faces to continually show payoffs to its massive AI investments. 5/
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Microsoft develops AI tools to optimize fossil fuel production
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Microsoft doesn’t just passively provide its services to these companies. It develops bespoke AI-enhanced tools for them, which it also markets to them as for the explicit purpose of optimizing and automating drilling, and maximizing fossil-fuel production. 3/
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Researcher Departs Google DeepMind After Decade of AI Advancement
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It’s time to say thank you and goodbye to @GoogleDeepMind
. I had the immense fortune of working there for 10 years. They were undoubtedly the most exciting years in the history of AI, and I feel that I grew beyond all my expectations thanks to my uniquely smart, generous and -
OpenAI o1 and Major AI Breakthroughs Shape Industry Landscape
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Top stories in AI today: -OpenAI unveils o1: A new 'reasoning' AI model
-White House launches AI datacenter task force
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-Google’s robots master shoelace tying
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Social Platforms Combat AI-Generated Fakes and Misinformation
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Battling AI Fakes: Are Social Platforms Doing Enough? Discover whether #socialmedia companies are effectively combating #AI-generated #fakes and #misinformation on their platforms. Dive into the strategies employed by major networks like #Meta and #X, evaluate their successes
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Starlink announcement anticipated with luggage tag reference
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Holding my 1K luggage tag like a rosary praying that this is a Starlink announcement 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 https://t.co/upi3ZC3swA
— Ben Thompson (@benthompson) 13 septembre 2024Holding my 1K luggage tag like a rosary praying that this is a Starlink announcement