AI

Proper data hygiene critical as enterprises focus on AI governance

Proper data hygiene critical as enterprises focus on AI governance

Today’s artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms run on hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of data sets. The high demand for data has spawned services that collect, prepare, and sell t…

2021/06/11
Industry clouds could be the next big thing

Industry clouds could be the next big thing

Despite predictions of a cloud shift accelerated by the pandemic and Gartner projecting a $651 billion public cloud market in 2024, organizations have barely scratched the surface of public cloud adop…

2021/05/17
Why machine learning strategies fail

Why machine learning strategies fail

Most companies are struggling to develop working artificial intelligence strategies, according to a new survey by cloud services provider Rackspace Technology. The survey, which includes 1,870 organiz…

2021/05/06
How AI Technology Makes Manufacturing Smarter

How AI Technology Makes Manufacturing Smarter

Advances in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and advanced analytics are turbocharging the move to Industry 4.0. To stay competitive, companies …

2021/04/28
‘Augmented creativity’: How AI can accelerate human invention

‘Augmented creativity’: How AI can accelerate human invention

In 2012, economist Robert Gordon published a controversial paper in which he argued that economic rowth was largely over, due in no small part to our failure to maintain the engines of innovation in r…

2021/04/05
Language AI is really heating up

Language AI is really heating up

In just a short number of years, deep learning algorithms have evolved to be able to beat the world’s best players at board games and recognize faces with the same accuracy as a human (or perhaps even…

2021/03/25
3 tech trends that COVID-19 will accelerate in 2021

3 tech trends that COVID-19 will accelerate in 2021

Spending 2020 under the shadow of a pandemic has affected what we need and expect from technology. For many, COVID-19 accelerated the rate of digital transformation: as employees worked from home, com…

2021/03/15
It takes a lot of energy for machines to learn – here’s why AI is so power-hungry

It takes a lot of energy for machines to learn – here’s why AI is so power-hungry

Data centers like this Google facility in Iowa use copious amounts of electricity. This month, Google forced out a prominent AI ethics researcher after she voiced frustration with the company for mak…

2021/02/25
Drones are helping to protect the environment in novel ways

Drones are helping to protect the environment in novel ways

Drone technology is advancing in novel ways. As an example, researchers have begun to use special computer algorithms to control drones. In addition, drones are being equipped with new types of sensor…

2021/01/08
Should workplaces start to fear or continue to embrace automation?

Should workplaces start to fear or continue to embrace automation?

Technology has come a long way in the workplace, and businesses still need still need people to build, manage and strategize for the technology. This thesis runs that automation is making a huge impac…

2020/11/30