Beer, Bots and Broadcasts: Companies Start Using AI in the Cloud

Back in October, Deschutes Brewery Inc.'s Brian Faivre was fermenting a batch of Obsidian Stout in a massive tank. Something was amiss; the beer wasn't fermenting at the usual temperature. Luckily, a software system triggered a warning and he fixed the problem. "We would have had to dump an entire batch," the brewmaster said. When beer is your bottom line, that's a calamity.