You have to hand it to Deutsche Telekom (DT) for its ability to stay at the front of conversations about AI and sustainability simultaneously. There is no doubt the operator has profited from its relentless energy on both fronts, as has to a lesser extent its majority owned subsidiary T Mobile US. On the AI front, this was highlighted again when amid the furor around the UK’s recent AI Summit hosted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, DT continued its efforts to square the circle intersecting competitiveness and safety announcing an international competition to generate fresh applications for the use of AI across the telecom sector, with cash rewards. With T-Mobile US, DT announced a top prize of €150,000 ($165,000) for…