Outsmarting waste: Does AI hold the key to a circular economy?

Madeleine Cuff
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New paper from Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Google suggests AI could save billions of dollars across the food and consumer electronics industries

The term 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) can be a frightening one. Anyone who has seen 2001: A Space Odyssey knows what might happen if a computer gets a mind of its own. But the birth of AI isn't just...

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