Keen to discover how artificial intelligence (AI) is set to shake up the retail space, IBM surveyed 1 900 retail and consumer product representatives across 23 countries. What they found was that the adoption of intelligent automation technologies within the retail industry is only set to increase. The focus of the IBM study was toRead more
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In 2017, a roundtable hosted by local industry experts highlighted various concerns around the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in South Africa. Everything from data quality, data privacy, workforce readiness and re-skilling, as well as potential job losses was discussed. With these pitfalls in mind, what steps can developing nations, like SA, take to prepare forRead more
AI, Business Strategy, Cloud, cloud computing, Digitalisation, Featured | 0 comment | 25 April, 2019 | 1
Forbes equate the hype around cloud computing, the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to the launch of the internet some thirty years ago. Describing the rise of the internet as the greatest technology revolution since the industrial revolution, they describe the combination of cloud, IoT and AI as “driving opportunity and threatRead more
Given the current hype around digital twins you may be surprised to hear that the concept has actually been around since 2002. So why all the fuss? Well thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), digital twins are becoming a reality because the concept is now far more cost-effective. In fact, by 2021, half ofRead more
According to Gartner, this year will mark the beginning of the democratisation of AI. While just 15% of enterprises are currently using AI, close to a third of businesses, have put AI on their agenda for the next 12 months.In line with this, PwC research shows that close to 75% of business leaders describe AIRead more