EPRI, NVIDIA, and other collaborators have launched the Open Power AI Consortium to drive AI adoption in the power sector.The consortium aims to develop open models using industry-specific data to enhance grid reliability and asset performance.EPRI, NVIDIA, and Articul8 are developing multimodal AI models to optimize energy efficiency and improve grid resiliency.The consortium plans to expand its membership and establish benchmarks to evaluate the performance of AI technologies in the power sector.