Can AI Slash Pollution? Fossil Fuel Industry Is Investing in Boosting Oil Production, Profits Instead

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By Sharon KellyAug 13, 2025, 3:44 pm204 ptsTrendingTop
Artificial intelligence (AI) use is spreading rapidly among oil drillers and other fossil energy companies — and some are now promoting plans to give “agentic” or autonomous AI key roles in risky real-world operations like drilling for oil and keeping the nation’s power grids up and running. Amid the…

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