12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1020+ words) Italy granted the status of national strategic interest to Energy Vault’s Digital Vault Sulcis project, an initiative that envisions the development of a data center for artificial intelligence connected to renewable generation and energy storage systems in Sardinia. The decision…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (797+ words) OpenAI has taken his advertising business in ChatGPT up to an annualized revenue rate of US$1 million after approximately 200 days of operation. The company is thus adding a new source of monetization to its subscriptions, enterprise services, and usage-based APIs....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1573+ words) Publish date: 10 August 2026 Sean Riccardelli, Principal Director for North America at evoSonic, discussed at API Summit 2026 how technical software and artificial intelligence can improve inspection, calculation, and risk analysis processes in industrial facilities. His presentation focused on a key idea:…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1134+ words) Publish date: 10 August 2026 During API Summit 2026, Marko Verdes, Asset Integrity and Reliability Consultant at Cenosco, explained how the industry is changing its approach to managing asset integrity. The discussion focused on the shift from static inspection models to dynamic schemes…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (801+ words) BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions, known as BASF ECMS, will implement CurieOS, the AI-powered materials discovery platform developed by Orbital Industries the tool will be used in research projects focused on catalysts for automotive emissions systems. The agreement will…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (540+ words) One of the greatest challenges faced by asset-intensive industries is transforming large volumes of technical information into timely operational decisions. Modern integrity programs continuously generate data from API 510, API 570, and API 653 inspections, corrosion monitoring, ultrasonic thickness measurements, digital radiography, acoustic…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (608+ words) For years, drilling operations relied on multiple independent systems in which data from each rig was analyzed separately. Although this approach enabled increasingly complex projects to be executed, it also created challenges related to data availability, coordination among specialists, and…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (723+ words) Publish date: 4 August 2026 Corrosion remains a major challenge for the oil and gas, petrochemical, and process industries. Detecting pipe wall thinning early can prevent unplanned interventions, reduce maintenance costs, and improve facility reliability. In this scenario, continuous monitoring provides constant…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (861+ words) Publish date: 31 July 2026 One of the main messages conveyed by Ernesto Varela was that any strategy based on artificial intelligence depends on a solid foundation of information. In the industrial sector, having incomplete, outdated, or poorly structured data can lead…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (846+ words) Publish date: 31 July 2026 For decades, many organizations have managed their inspection programs based on time-based criteria. Under this model, equipment was required to be inspected after a predetermined period, regardless of its actual condition or the level of risk it…...