Ravindran: Power Sector Will Delay GenAI Until Privacy Improves
Sadia Ravindran · An influx of EVs. Surging peaks. Can AI help? · Apr 17, 2024 · at 15:07
Sadia Ravindran discusses the hurdles utilities face when adopting generative AI, pointing to conservative data privacy requirements around proprietary IP.
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“I don't see an immediate adoption of these kinds of technologies for productivity gains, because the things like, you know, financial statements getting released, and those kinds of pieces of news, that's a big issue, right? Like anything IP related or proprietary information, you're not comfortable just having that be available. So, I think it's going to take some time, or the technology has to evolve where That live level of privacy and security is possible. Then I think this will start to become much more commonplace.”
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