Incumbents like Unilever, Procter & Gamble are giving tech giants a run for their data

Until the last year or so, incumbents were "suffering" from declines in revenue or loss in competition.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 28, 2018

AI threat levels rise as costs sink and power increases

Lower barriers to entry have increased the pool of potential malicious actors, sounding the sirens for security in the digital, physical and political spheres.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 22, 2018

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Automation

In search of productivity gains, IT leaders are making automation their top priority. But successful enterprise AI deployments depend on access to the right data sets.

By CIO Dive staff

Employees think AI is good, but employers' silence creates fear

Although 82% of employees see AI as an opportunity to improve their jobs, about 34% are concerned that it could someday totally replace them.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 21, 2018

AI, software, AI, data science, AI: Tech that defines the world's most innovative companies

From classics like Apple, Amazon and Tencent to surprising newcomers like the NBA and Cava, Fast Company's 2018 ranking of the most innovative companies shows how a little technology can go a long way.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 21, 2018

Move over 'Big Data,' 'AI' is now the exec hype word of the season

Data used to be considered the new oil, but companies were confronted with an inability to adequately analyze it all. For some, the promise of AI became the answer.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 16, 2018

Find the practical, not the sexy, AI application

As a business tries to figure out how it wants to integrate AI into its technology stack, technology leaders need to ask, "What's the cucumber sorter in your organization?"

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 15, 2018

AI experts call for support of STEM education, research and open data policies at House hearing

The next iteration of the FITARA scorecard will ask federal CIOs what they are doing to introduce AI into their agencies, according to Rep. Will Hurd, R-TX.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 15, 2018

EBay charts tech-heavy 2018 with new AI chief and upcoming AR tools

Advanced technologies are the next stage of eBay's "multi-year journey to replatform," which includes a focus on AI, ML, AR and VR.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 14, 2018

Cognizant retaining workforce through internal retraining efforts

Last year, the company retrained about 100,000 employees for digital skills and plans to continue.

By Samantha Schwartz • Feb. 8, 2018

AI startup aims to help victims of workplace sexual misconduct, discrimination

Spot can record someone's memory in a messaging-type chat, which can be time-stamped and used as evidence in a legal proceeding, if necessary.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 7, 2018

US workers expect employers to pay for retraining after AI job displacement

Many think employers are responsible for reskilling displaced workers, but that requires a great deal of foresight and, in some cases, action by the government to mandate such efforts.

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 5, 2018

NFL CIO: Making the 2018 Super Bowl a win with technology

Michelle McKenna-Doyle, CIO of the NFL, and John Brams, director of Hospitality, Sports and Entertainment at Extreme Networks, spoke with CIO Dive about the technology going on behind the scenes Sunday.

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 2, 2018

AI sits in on Salesforce's board meetings and has something to say

Salesforce's Einstein program has participated in executive meetings for more than a year and even questioned an employee's reports.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 26, 2018

More than a FAIR share: Facebook leads world in AI amid leadership changes

An organizational shuffle demonstrates how companies with a significant portion of segments tied to AI technologies need upper level management laying out a clear vision of the technology.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 25, 2018

Tech giants kick off 2018 with European, Asian AI investments

Creating new AI and other technology-specific hubs around the world is important for equalizing access and promoting diversity. 

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 23, 2018

'Reskilling crisis' emerging as 1.4M US jobs face technology disruption

Only 2% of workers could transition to new jobs if immediately called on to take another position that matched their skill set, according to a report from the World Economic Forum.

By Naomi Eide • Jan. 23, 2018

6 steps for negotiating winning AI deals

Predicting where and how AI technology can be used is hard, but creating a roadmap and identifying use cases before talking to suppliers is a must.

By Dave Blake • Jan. 23, 2018

While you were distracted: Intel rolls out AI and quantum tools

AI applications in motorsports and film festivals underscore the company's commitment to strengthening its non-PC segments.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 22, 2018

AI in recruitment isn't a prediction — it's already here

Don't worry, AI isn't deciding who your next colleague is, but it is taking a lot of monotonous tasks off the plate of recruiters and HR workers.

By Riia O'Donnell • Jan. 19, 2018

Slack using AI to remedy message overload

The communication platform uses a method similar to Google and Facebook to track employee relationships within a company.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 19, 2018

Google rolls out ML, security and Salesforce tools

From democratizing AI and ML one step further to branching out interoperability with a major software provider, Google is beefing up its enterprise cloud offerings.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 18, 2018

Are you smarter than a robot? AI beats humans at Stanford reading test

Microsoft and Alibaba recently beat out human scores, giving Elon Musk another reason not to sleep at night.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 17, 2018

The good, the bad and the not-so-work-related: CES 2018 in review

In many ways, CES embodies the spirit of innovation and triumphs in technology. But in other cases, it is a platform for technological excess.

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Jan. 12, 2018

Alexa to make its way onto Windows PCs. But what about Cortana?

Adding Alexa to Windows devices is unrelated to Amazon and Microsoft's partnership announcement last fall. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 9, 2018

Facing the unknown: Preparing accounting and finance departments for emerging technology

Today, a new generation of cloud-powered financial applications leveraging Big Data analytics provides finance and accounting departments with transformative capabilities. 

By Jim Walsh • Jan. 9, 2018