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Feb 2025
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How AI Can Protect Underwater Cables Tha...

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There are miles and miles of undersea pipelines and cables running atop the ocean floor that are used to carry fuel and transmit data. WSJ contributor William Boston tells host Julie Chang about one company using artificial intelligence to protect this critical infrastructure. Plus, columnists Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims tell us what they learned from talking with Bilt CEO Ankur Jain for the latest season of WSJ’s Bold Names podcast. You can listen to the first episode here.


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