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George Lawton is a technology journalist that has been covering the technology industry for the last three decades. He is currently focused on digital transformation, enterprise automation, digital twins, privacy, and sustainable development. year He has written over 3,000 stories about computers, communications, knowledge management, business, health, and other areas. In the early 1990s, he helped build Biosphere II, sailed a Chinese Junk to Antarctica, and herded cattle on a 200,000-acre ranch in Australia.

Articles by George Lawton

Don't panic! What Sam Altman’s OTT declaration of a 'code red' for OpenAI tells us about the race he thinks he's running

OpenAI CEO has recently declared a “code red” after losing the lead in the LLM race. His resulting frantic engineers might be frantically rushing around to gain a leg up in a race that is forgotten in a decade, like the first browser wars.

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Monday Morning Moan - memo to Trump 2.0: it's a Federal AI regulatory power grab that will really strangle Western innovation

Trump and senior Republican Congressional leadership are testing the waters of a two-pronged attack to neuter the US States’ ability to regulate against practices that cripple innovation and the economy in the name of ‘AI.’ The reality is probably the opposite.

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How Europe is re-wiring its power grid with open source digital twins

Efforts to support a more sustainable grid that scales for AI data centers and electrifies industry and transport are becoming increasingly complex, beyond the capabilities of legacy grid software. Two open-source projects, PowSyBl and Power Grid models, are helping European operators build electrical digital twins that could help.

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Why re-framing procurement as an autonomous driving problem could unlock innovation. Rohirrim CEO Steven Aberle makes the case

Physical AI tends to narrowly focus on advanced technological innovations, such as improved robots, rockets, renewable energy sources, modern weapons, and fancy gadgets. But it equally applies to improving the conversations for building these things.

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