{
  "id": 16648,
  "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-course-ai-power-grids",
  "title": "IEEE Course Teaches How to Use AI to Modernize Power Grids",
  "summary": "Today’s U.S. electrical grid, among the largest, most complex systems ever built, is operating at its limit. The combination of rapid industrial growth, more frequent extreme weather, and a record surge in electricity use has pushed the grid to its breaking point , according to the U.S. Department of Energy . Built decades ago for a more predictable world in which power came mostly from centralized coal or gas plants and electricity use grew at a steady pace, the grid faces unanticipated strain",
  "authors": "Pauleth Jaramillo",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "environment",
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  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-05T18:00:03.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-06T05:10:11.148Z",
  "source_slug": "ieee-spectrum",
  "source_name": "IEEE Spectrum",
  "source_homepage": "https://spectrum.ieee.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16648",
  "original_url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-course-ai-power-grids",
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  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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