Greg Abel told Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday that the company will adopt artificial intelligence (AI) only if it increases profits, defying the company’s confusion at his first annual meeting as Warren Buffett’s successor.
His speech, which was delivered in Omaha on May 2, laid out a cautious plan to send people to Berkshire’s insurance, railroad, energy, and manufacturing sectors. Buffett, who recently retired, didn’t think about AI at the time.
Narrow AI, Not Hype
Abel told shareholders that AI should improve efficiency, security, or decision-making before Berkshire deploys. The vice chairman pointed to railroad BNSF, where the AI tools it controls are working, and insurance, where the company uses technology to report fraud and serious threats.
Organizers opened the conference with an AI-generated video of Buffett, who Abel called the biggest risk Berkshire manages every day.
“It should be an extension of our businesses. We don’t create AI for AI’s sake,” he said. he said.
Planning adds to Buffett’s long-term skepticism of uncertain technical issuesand it differs from its peers who are cutting jobs or rebranding around AI technology.
Power Unit Installed on Data-Center Boom
The most visible growth came from Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Data centers already account for about 8% of employment in key areas such as Iowa, near the high end of benchmarks of 5% to 10%, Abel said.
He said the sector could expand the sector by 50% over the next five years, depending on demand hyperscalers are racing to build AI infrastructure.
Abel insisted that the workers “must bear all the costs,” preventing foreclosures and businesses from taking on the new property.
This feature gives Berkshire a visible AI control without forcing it to run software calculations, a position consistent with Abel’s replacement at the meeting.
Whether the punishment is like The use of AI infrastructure is increasing The entire area of importance refers to Abel’s first full year at the helm.
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