AI @ General Electric
Summary
- Since 2016, General Electric (GE) has steadily expanded its adoption of AI across multiple industrial domains including manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, and energy, showing a trend of increasing AI integration up to 2025.
- Key initiatives include GE Vernova's AI-based software for industrial sustainability achieving significant emissions reductions and operational savings, GE Aerospace's company-wide generative AI platform enhancing engine monitoring and parts inspection, and GE HealthCare accelerating AI adoption in medical imaging systems.
- GE's AI applications deliver strong financial and environmental impacts, such as $1.6 billion O&M savings from predictive maintenance, 14% reduction in emissions via autonomous turbine tuning, and transformation of supply chain and customer experience in appliances, indicating maturity and broad deployment of AI technologies.
VIBE METER
7 AI Use Cases at General Electric
Emissions Management2025
Smart Appliances2025Customer Facing
Predictive Maintenance2025
Energy Trading2024
Healthcare Imaging2024Customer Facing
Automated Inspection2024
Supply Chain Optimization2024
Timeline
2025 Q4: no updates
2025 Q3
GE intensifies AI research with new architectures for AI tasks like image processing, reinforcing its industrial AI strategy post-Predix era.
2025 Q2
GE Vernova demonstrates AI's role in advancing energy transition and carbon reduction, achieving up to 14% reductions in emissions and $1.6 billion operational savings.
2025 Q1
GE leverages AI extensively for predictive maintenance in manufacturing plants and launches AI-powered smart home appliance innovations enhancing daily life.
2024 Q4
GE HealthCare accelerates AI adoption by integrating third-party AI applications into major medical imaging platforms; GE Vernova utilizes AI/ML to optimize renewable energy trading and risk management.
2024 Q3
Multiple initiatives reported: Google Cloud partnership for AI in manufacturing, Amazon collaboration on generative AI for healthcare, GE Aerospace’s expansion of AI in engine inspection, and company-wide deployment of generative AI enhancing airline services.
2024 Q2: no updates
2024 Q1
GE Vernova launches new AI-based software aimed at simultaneously advancing industrial sustainability and operational goals.
2023 Q4: no updates
2023 Q3
GE publishes a resource for HR practitioners addressing the introduction and understanding of generative AI in the workspace.
2023 Q2: no updates
2023 Q1: no updates
2022 Q4: no updates
2022 Q3: no updates
2022 Q2: no updates
2022 Q1: no updates
2021 Q4: no updates
2021 Q3
GE advances AI and digital twin technologies especially for predictive maintenance and equipment efficiency improvements.
2021 Q2: no updates
2021 Q1: no updates
2020 Q4: no updates
2020 Q3: no updates
2020 Q2: no updates
2020 Q1: no updates
2019 Q4: no updates
2019 Q3: no updates
2019 Q2: no updates
2019 Q1
GE reports leveraging AI to cut operational costs and improve efficiency, showcasing industrial applications beyond traditional AI use cases.
2018 Q4: no updates
2018 Q3: no updates
2018 Q2: no updates
2018 Q1: no updates
2017 Q4: no updates
2017 Q3: no updates
2017 Q2
GE accelerates digital transformation using AI and machine learning with big data, building an AI workforce to integrate AI throughout operations.
2017 Q1: no updates
2016 Q4
GE announces ambition to become an AI powerhouse, leveraging expertise from astrophysics and AI experts to integrate AI capabilities.