Exton-based Bentley Systems is among the growing number of companies that are working on finding ways to utilize generative AI in their operations, writes Belle Lin for The Wall Street Journal.

The maker of construction-industry software is currently developing generative AI-powered tools for creating drawings like site plans. The company is also working on systems that could propose designs for infrastructure with better climate resiliency.

“What will be the impact of two more degrees on the average temperature on the planet, on highways, on bridges?” said Julien Moutte, chief technology officer at Bentley Systems. “We need to be able to run all of those designs through simulations that are going to assess those future conditions so that we can design infrastructure and make it last.”

The construction field already uses AI to detect cracks and rust on bridges as well as detecting when roads will need repairs. Now, generative AI combines data from Bentley Systems’ existing tools to propose designs that would be climate resilient.

Bentley Systems is also currently investigating how it can fine-tune or customize AI models using its own design data and simulation tools to develop more specialized systems.

Read more about how Bentley Systems is utilizing AI in The Wall Street Journal.

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