AI is Diagnosing and Texas is Burning

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Mathew Lee, Namita Nair
April 19, 2024
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Everyone is talking about AI, but on today’s episode we focus on the technology’s potential to disrupt health care. Then, we switch things up to look at how wildfires are exacerbating physical, legal and financial risks for electric utilities in the U.S.
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Namita Nair
Namita Nair
Vice President, MSCI Research
Mathew Lee
Mathew Lee
Senior Associate, MSCI Research

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