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The Download: California’s AI power plans, and and why it’s so hard to make welfare AI fair

MIT Technology Review - AI
Jul 14, 2025 12:10
Rhiannon Williams
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California is set to become the first US state to use artificial intelligence to manage its power grid and handle outages, marking a significant step in integrating AI into critical infrastructure. This move highlights AI's growing role in optimizing complex systems, but also raises important questions about reliability, fairness, and oversight in high-stakes applications.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. California is set to become the first US state to manage power outages with AI California’s statewide power grid operator is poised to become the first in North America to deploy artificial intelligence…
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