Lily Dickson was jogging across the University of Leeds campus when a student activist handed her a leaflet calling for a ban on campus recruitment by mining and oil and gas companies. The 24-year-old geology doctoral student was taken aback. She had recently returned from a trip to Finland, having worked with Vancouver-based miner Mawson…
Retail giant Walmart said artificial intelligence is helping it understand the data its security systems generate and identify patterns that its analysts might miss. Generative AI systems like ChatGPT can further enhance this capability. Rob Duhart, Walmart’s deputy chief information security officer, said the vast amount of information the company handles means some form of…
Investments in solar energy are on track to overtake spending on oil production for the first time, the prime example of a widening gap between renewable energy funding and stagnating fossil fuel industries, according to the head of the International Energy Agency. More than $1 billion a day is expected to be invested in solar…
OK folks, let’s discuss some topics for this column. Annoying coworkers you’d like to replace with artificial intelligence? Breakdowns in the office wardrobe? Bosses’ secret TikTok accounts? Go ahead, scream. There are no bad ideas. This brainstorming exercise is actually a really bad idea—not just because I can’t hear it. The meeting’s value for exchanging…
Coca-Cola is testing technology in Europe which turns difficult-to-recycle plastic into new bottles as part of its effort to meet its sustainability goals. The company’s largest European bottler, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, is funding a startup in the Netherlands that will produce food-grade recycled plastic from plastics that are usually sent to landfills or incinerated –…
