This week 180,000 folks descended on Abu Dhabi to attend ADIPEC, the worldwide oil-and-gas trade’s largest annual gathering. This yr’s focus, maybe unsurprisingly, was the nexus of synthetic intelligence (AI) and power. On the eve of the jamboree Sultan Al Jaber, chief government of ADNOC, the Emirati nationwide oil big, convened a personal assembly of huge tech and massive power bosses. A survey of some 400 power, tech and finance bigwigs launched together with the occasion concluded that AI is ready to rework the power enterprise by boosting effectivity and slicing greenhouse-gas emissions.