AI @ 3M

3M advanced AI-powered solutions targeting data center efficiency and reliability, reinforcing its leadership in material science AI applications.

• 3M Newsroom: Powering the AI revolution — 3M's advanced solutions help drive efficiency, speed, and reliability in data centers

At the 3M Open event, the company launched an AI-first transformation strategy with partners to build data-powered decision-making and smarter factory systems.

• Perficient Blogs: AI-First Transformation Strategy Unfolds at the 3M Open

3M committed $3.5 billion for R&D (2025-2027) including an AI-powered digital materials hub with 300+ model combinations to enhance product innovation.

• Manufacturing Dive: 3M to spend $3.5B on R&D

Paul Cardno, 3M's global digital innovation lead, announced that AI is reserved for complex problems where other solutions don't suffice.

• Computing UK: 3M: 'We only use AI for complex problems we can't solve any other way'

3M revolutionizes operations using AI and generative AI across manufacturing, supply chain, and clinical denial management to reduce costs and enhance efficiency.

• AIM Media House: How is 3M Revolutionizing Its Operations with AI and Generative AI Across Multiple Sectors
• 3M Inside Angle: The benefits of machine learning to mitigate and manage front-end clinical denials

3M expands AI initiatives significantly in manufacturing, healthcare, and other sectors, emphasizing transformative impact of AI/ML.

• PitchGrade: 3M: AI Use Cases 2024
• 3M Buckley Innovation Centre: Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in healthcare

3M published internal research exploring knowledge and safety of large language models (LLMs).

• 3M Inside Angle: AI talk: What do LLMs know? And AI safety

3M partnered with Telefónica Tech and AWS to deploy conversational AI and generative AI to optimize hospital emergencies and automate clinical documentation.

• telefonica.com: Telefónica Tech and 3M optimise hospital emergencies with AI

3M's leadership, including Upadhyaya, highlighted broad AI adoption across business areas including supply chain and clinical documentation.

• Analytics India Magazine: How 3M Deploys AI-focussed Tech

3M standardized and automated sales forecasting using Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, improving efficiency and forecasting speed.

• Microsoft: 3M standardizes, automates, and accelerates sales forecasting with Azure Machine Learning

Argonne and 3M applied machine learning to enhance the energy efficiency of materials manufacturing processes.

• Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (.gov): Argonne and 3M use machine learning to enhance material manufacturing process

3M leveraged speech and AI-powered clinician-assistive solutions to reduce technology burdens in healthcare revenue cycles.

• Becker's Hospital Review: How 3M is using AI to reduce tech burdens in the revenue cycle

3M uses machine learning on AWS to improve traditional products like sandpaper and innovate new product lines.

• Amazon.com: With machine learning, manufacturing giant 3M innovates products old and new

3M selected C3.ai as its strategic AI software platform to develop AI applications in predictive healthcare and supply chain analytics.

• C3 AI: 3M Selects C3.ai As Strategic AI Software Platform