HotPass AI Blog
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How HotPass AI Is Different From the AI Already in This Market
Waygate, Eddyfi, and Evident already sell AI for weld inspection — bolted to their own hardware. HotPass AI is hardware-agnostic and includes the workflow layer they don't.
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The Fight Radiology Already Had
Radiology already fought the AI-replacement fear weld inspection is having now — and radiologists didn't lose their jobs. Here's how that maps onto CSA Z662.
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Enbridge Solved Getting the Image There. We're Solving What Happens Next.
Enbridge solved getting the weld image to a reader fast. HotPass AI solves what happens after it lands — the read and the report.
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The Audit Trail Nobody Wants to Need
For CWB auditors and pipeline owner oversight teams — a documented AI second read turns a thin audit sample into a stronger, larger base of evidence.
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Same Radiograph, Two Calls
Inter-reader variability in weld RT is real and studied. A consistent AI second read gives every film a documented, unfatigued opinion before sign-off.
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Why We're Not Trying to Replace Your Level III
HotPass AI doesn't replace your CGSB Level III — it reads every radiograph first so certified readers spend their time on the images that actually need judgment.
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What Weld Inspection Can Steal From Radiology
Why weld inspection's AI adoption fight looks exactly like radiology's — and why HotPass AI is built as a second reader, not a replacement, under CSA Z662.