AI expands across utilities, restaurants, recruitment, startups and finance

4 articles · Updated · Financial Times · May 4

A special report examines uses in water networks, kitchens, hiring, coding, hedge funds and wealth management, focusing on cost cuts, efficiency gains and investment advantages.
Examples include replacing traditional leak-detection tools, reducing food waste, matching candidates, accelerating software development and sharpening trading and client-service decisions.
The survey highlights how AI adoption is spreading beyond tech companies into operational and advisory roles across essential services, consumer businesses and financial firms.

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