Business leaders discuss artificial intelligence at Midwest Technology Summit

FARGO — Speakers from government and local businesses are talking about the next steps needed in the AI revolution at the Midwest Technology Summit.

The summit was hosted by the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce.

Presidents and CEO’s from Digital Plains, Northstar Technology Group and Onsharp shared insights on artificial intelligence and reskilling the workforce.

Representative Julie Fedorchak also spoke during the conference and was part of a panel discussion.

She spoke on the importance of developing the energy industry to be able to handle the challenges of powering new technology like AI.

“The U.S. must lead in building, developing, and providing the guardrails for AI,” Fedorchak said. “And in order to do that, we need a lot of different things. But first and foremost, we need one thing and that is power and more power than we’ve ever had before and at a faster scale than we’ve ever been able to deliver it.”

Fedorchak also stated concerns over A-I technology getting in the hands of groups like Hamas.