While emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and the IoT introduce exciting growth opportunities, they also present challenges and additional layers of complexity when sourcing, negotiating and enabling these technologies. The hype surrounding this rapidly evolving space can make it seem as if AI providers hold the most power at the negotiation table. […]
By Abhi Yadav, Co-founder & CEO, ZyloTech Today’s definition of what most companies want in a data scientist seems to be something akin to a superhero. Companies are looking for a regular Mister Fantastic (the Marvel Comics’ superhero who was “one of the bravest adventurers and most brilliant scientific minds of his generation”). Chief A.I. […]
Let’s make one thing clear: one year isn’t going to fix decades of gender discrimination in computer science and all the problems associated with it. Recent diversity reports show that women still make up only 20 percent of engineers at Google and Facebook, and an even lower proportion at Uber. But after the parade of awful news about the […]
Despite a flood of publicity and product announcements related to artificial intelligence, it seems that few enterprises have adopted the technology so far. Whit Andrews, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, was able to put some hard numbers to the trend. “We are in the very earliest stages of enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence,” he […]
There should be zero separation between an enterprise’s business objectives and its AI implementation, according to those with experience implementing artificial intelligence in their organizations. You have to think about the business problems first before you drive the tools in that direction,” said John Daly, senior vice president of worldwide production services at Sony Pictures […]
Worried about the possibility of flooding near your home in Iowa? Soon, you can just ask Alexa. The move to merge flood sensor data with artificially intelligent chatbots marks the next generation of flood data analysis available all across Iowa. The project is being led by the Iowa Flood Center, based at the University of Iowa, […]
AI is seeping into different industries, slowly remolding the global competitive landscape. However, most business leaders still don’t know how machine intelligence will impact their businesses. EY recently published a brief, which focuses the current state of AI. We interviewed Nigel Duffy, EY Global Innovation AI leader who co-authored the document with Chris Mazzei, EY Global […]
It’s always gratifying when experts confirm what you’ve suspected. Research firm Gartner put a shot of reality into our morning coffee this past summer with its critical analysis that artificial intelligence (AI) had reached the “peak of inflated expectations.” Frankly, I think a lot of technology vendors are blowing smoke about their capabilities. If your expectations were for […]
