Tag: AI
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Link: Whoa, Gartner drops a truth bomb: Blockchain is overhyped and top IT bods don’t want it
“In its annual survey of IT leaders, the analyst firm found that just 1 per cent are already using blockchain and only 8 per cent plan to experiment with it in the short term. “In contrast, a third of the 293 respondents said they had no interest in blockchain, and a further 43 per cent…
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Link: Volkswagen CIO Martin Hofmann: IT experts in our labs work the Silicon Valley way – Automotive World
‘Hofmann commented that at the same time Volkswagen was establishing new workstyles which are being further developed. “Our IT experts in our labs in Berlin and Munich work the Silicon Valley way, we have brought the Valley to Volkswagen. Pivotal is supporting our experts with over 20 experts from San Francisco and Boulder, Colorado, and…
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Link: Digital is a long-term objective, CEOs warned
“If you remember the shift from WAP banking to app banking – this took eight years, and it was a relatively superficial change. But a deeper change to the product and services of your business can take 10 or more year – some will even take 15 years. The risk for business leaders is that…
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Link: Allstate Technology Chief Develops The Uber Of Roadside Assistance
Success: “The Good Hands Rescue Network digital platform was launched in August 2016. Since then, we have seen a revenue lift in the tens of millions that is likely to grow to the hundreds of millions.” Business value/metrics: “After a year, we are averaging around 25,000 rescues a month… With the end-to-end digital process of…
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Link: Modeling the future enterprise: people, purpose, and profit
“One answer is in a straightforward metric—how new technologies like cloud, cognitive, mobile, IoT, mobile, etc., impact industries via the gross domestic product (GDP) by industry by region. Looking at the improvement opportunities in healthcare, energy, government, and the supply chain, among other domains, IDC has identified $18.5 trillion in annual economic value add by…
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Link: The only way is Ethics: UK Lords fret about AI ‘moral panic’
Original source: The only way is Ethics: UK Lords fret about AI ‘moral panic’
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Link: Monitoring continues to be a valuable part of the hybrid cloud, as Sensu raises $10M
“Sensu Enterprise is the commercial version of that project, and it costs between $99 and $999 depending on how many servers you’ll need to monitor your cloud environment. You also get customer service that you won’t get if you try to install the open-source project on your own, a key part of the strategy of…
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Link: Liberty Mutual embraces AI, blockchain
“The Boston insurer is also testing blockchain software to develop a platform intended to create an audit trail and move money across the business faster, Scerbo says. Blockchain could eventually present carriers with the opportunity to pair the ledger technology with IoT to avoid fraud using connected-car sensors and smart home devices increasingly being adopted…
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Link: Serverless Architectures: A Paradigm Shift in …
“One of the biggest security upsides to developing on serverless architectures is that organizations don’t have to deal with the daunting task of having to constantly apply security patches for the underlying operating system. These tasks are now in the domain of the serverless architecture provider.” The rest – the application code – still needs…
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Link: GDPR Seen Slowing AI Innovation
Given all the Facebook stuff, I think less balancing towards the side of the robots would probably probably be good: ‘A recent study advocating a U.S. strategy for developing machine intelligence also noted the potential barriers to development that include GDPR and other data privacy efforts. The study released by the Center for Strategic and…
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Link: ‘Blockchain’ is meaningless, government edition
A laundry list of other content about blockchain in government. ‘Lemieux is also well-acquainted with misconceptions about the capabilities of blockchains. “The concept of trustworthiness — at least from an archival science perspective — goes far beyond what the blockchain can do, or even promises to do, in most cases,” she said. This idea implies…
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Link: A 2-Year Stanford Study Shows the Astonishing Productivity Boost of Working From Home
“the robust, nearly two-year study showed an astounding productivity boost among the telecommuters equivalent to a full day’s work. Turns out work-from-home employees work a true full-shift (or more) versus being late to the office or leaving early multiple times a week and found it less distracting and easier to concentrate at home.” Original source:…
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Link: When AI meets digital transformation: 4 areas where AI fits now | The Enterprisers Project
Still no case studies of enterprises actually using AI/ML, but some interesting examples of “boring” enterprise workflows that could be automated with some machine learning, like accounting. Original source: When AI meets digital transformation: 4 areas where AI fits now | The Enterprisers Project
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Link: Digital Disruption at Volkswagen Group: Is It All About Cars?
Some actual good, interesting applications for ML stuff here, in industrial design. Check out the bike frame example. Original source: Digital Disruption at Volkswagen Group: Is It All About Cars?
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Link: Gartner Survey Reveals Business Value or Benefits Realization Is the Leading IT Cost-Optimization Priority for CIOs
Saving money to spend it on new, growth driving projects: “The survey findings highlight how cost optimization has become a business-focused, continuous discipline that drives spending and cost reduction, while maximizing business value (see Figure 1),” said Stewart Buchanan, research vice president at Gartner. “It’s not enough to simply reduce IT spending; CIOs must reinvest…
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Link: Veteran Tech Analyst Aims to Change the Research Game in Tesla and Others
The pressures of being public drive bad research management decisions, this dude believes: “If you look at places that attract the best talent, they’re all partnerships — the old Goldman Sachs, or consulting firms like BCG and McKinsey, or law firms. You don’t want any other shareholders than those bringing in the intellectual capital. I…
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Link: Windows chief leaving Microsoft as CEO Satya Nadella rolls out massive engineering reorg
‘The reorg includes the creation of two large new engineering groups inside Microsoft, focused on Experiences & Devices, led by Microsoft Office leader Rajesh Jha; and the company’s Cloud + AI Platform, led by Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise chief Scott Guthrie… They join the existing Microsoft AI & Research group, led by research chief Harry…
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Link: How Does Advertising Work?
‘It is also SELECTIVE … because, apparently, we have always been overwhelmed by sensory data and can’t begin to notice it all. Even before Snap and the iPhone X, our brains said: “Too much! Give me the bullets!”… For advertising, the implications are obvious. To rise from our sensory swamp, an ad must be EMOTIONALLY…
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Link: “Do They Have AI?” or That Rant on AI in Security
‘It turns out that our AI analysts often use the phrase “AI” to mean “top techniques from the field of Artificial Intelligence” which today means “deep neural networks” (DNNs, shorthanded to “deep learning” by some), natural language processing, image recognition, etc (the latter probably use DNNs anyway).’ Original source: “Do They Have AI?” or That…
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Link: The Insurance Industry Is A Prime Target For AI Technologies And Solutions
Quote below: Technologies Oriented & Experience Focused: Experience related AI technologies include virtual assistant, speech analytics, and recommendation engines. These technologies are being adopted in customer service and insurance product selection business activities. Technologies Oriented & Operational Focused: Operational AI technologies comprises text analytics, advanced analytics, facial and image recognition, machine learning and natural language…
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