AI
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IBM may not win the cloud war, but Watson started a new battle
Introducing Watson to competitors' clouds indicates IBM's willingness to provide services beyond its own environment.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Feb. 15, 2019
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Tastewise uses AI to digest information on the latest food trends
The site analyzes billions of data points — including more than 1 billion photos shared every month and 153,000 restaurant menus across the U.S.
By Lillianna Byington • Feb. 15, 2019
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How Coffee Meets Bagel leverages data and AI for love
What if a user missed out on the love of their life because height preferences on their dating app were set 1 inch too high? CTO Will Wagner has to consider this, and more, as the company perfects its matching algorithm.
By Alex Hickey • Feb. 14, 2019
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Watson breaks IBM out of niche role and into cloud competitors' space
Watson's presence will break down siloes, exposing data in competitors' hybrid cloud environments to IBM's proprietary AI capabilities.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Feb. 13, 2019
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Trump executive order a big step for national AI strategy, despite no new funds
Though China was not mentioned once, it loomed large over the executive order.
By Alex Hickey • Feb. 12, 2019
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Accenture pulls on data stores for expert insight, intelligence 'engine'
The appetite for automation is increasing, but customers are taking a measured approach for implementation, relying on providers to help with the difficult task.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 06, 2019
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More AI applications moving from 'experimental' to 'necessary'
Open source frameworks, facial recognition and edge computing have the highest market strength and industry adoption among AI applications.
By Alex Hickey • Jan. 30, 2019
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New certification, training help Google Cloud on quest for more experts
The company is focusing on areas core to cloud success, such as networking, security and cloud-native development, according to Google's Rochana Golani.
By Alex Hickey • Jan. 24, 2019
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Not everything in the supply chain should be automated
"Just because you can automate something doesn't mean you should," said IDC's John Santagate.
By Craig Guillot • Jan. 22, 2019
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Carrefour turns to AI for demand forecasting
The French grocer will be using SAS technology called Viya for data analysis to better forecast demand, improve stock and reduce waste in its stores.
By Matt Leonard • Jan. 17, 2019
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AI without governance? Not recommended, IDC says
Creating policies not only mitigate risk and cost created by non-technical employees, it also sets the tone for a CIO's authority.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Jan. 09, 2019
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Microsoft's hold on industry as an enterprise mainstay hinges on cloud, AI
Patents and acquisitions have backed up the company's progress in fields from AI and the cloud to edge computing, open source development and even quantum computing.
By Alex Hickey • Dec. 21, 2018
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Box rolls out developer toolkit, consulting services for AI
Cloud-based AI and ML tools offer businesses a path to advanced analytics and other capabilities many are unable to build on their own.
By Alex Hickey • Dec. 19, 2018
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From kitchens to Kubernetes: Bringing tech to the consumer at Williams-Sonoma
CTO and CDO Yasir Anwar has led successful pilots of Kubernetes and AI and ML-based tools at the company. Looking ahead to 2019, even more innovation is on his agenda.
By Alex Hickey • Dec. 17, 2018
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More than job displacement: Experts fear AI's effect on humanity
A Pew Research Center survey highlights concerns about AI's impact on job losses that will widen economic divides and cause unrest and mayhem from autonomous weapons, cybercrime and weaponized data.
By Alex Hickey • Dec. 11, 2018
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Forces and trends shaping the future of enterprise analytics in 2019
Building off a foundation in cloud and business networks and augmented by AI and ML, analytics is extending out into all areas of the enterprise.
By Alex Hickey • Dec. 10, 2018
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Turbulent take-offs stymie enterprise AI, ML adopters
In operations, cloud-based machine learnings workloads are making process more efficient, driving down costs and improving productivity and time to market.
By Alex Hickey • Dec. 03, 2018
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On a roll for IT education, AWS makes internal ML course public
The free courses are part of a new machine learning certification targeted to data scientists, business professionals, data platform engineers and developers.
By Alex Hickey • Nov. 27, 2018
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ROI felt as companies implement customer-facing AI
AI is boosting revenue for many companies, driven by streamlined operations and prioritizing machine vs. human case resolution, a MIT Technology Review survey found.
By Naomi Eide • Nov. 26, 2018
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With technology foundation solidified, Johnson & Johnson's attention turns to what's next
Though advanced in its technical capabilities, J&J has weighed the merits of build vs. buy, particularly when it comes technologies like AI.
By Naomi Eide • Nov. 16, 2018
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'AI for everyone': Coursera tackles training for the nontechnical
Co-founder Andrew Ng's latest course will help leaders build "a sustainable AI strategy" and understand the technology's opportunities from a business perspective.
By Alex Hickey • Nov. 14, 2018
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Walmart's in-store AI lab offers testing, evaluation and tweaking in a live environment
Walmart has been working with virtual reality, expanding its partnership with Microsoft and adding an augmented reality-based price-scanning feature.
By Dan O'Shea • Nov. 13, 2018
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Opinion5 warning signs to look for in a predictive analytics program
The complexity of predictive programs puts them at greater risk for failure than success.
By Matthew Honaker
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Companies struggle to scale automation, but still welcome disruptive tech
There will always be resistance to disruptive technologies; the companies that don't take the initial first steps to prepare for them will be pushed aside.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Nov. 06, 2018
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AI talent pipeline clogged by education programs slow or unable to change
Should schools revamp existing programs for topics like AI, or are new research areas required?
By Alex Hickey • Oct. 25, 2018