Brian Hopkins
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From Emerging Tech To AI: My New Forrester Mission
New research within the Data, AI & Analytics service at Forrester will focus on the transformative impact of artificial intelligence. Get a preview of an upcoming report on AI investment strategies, aimed at helping organizations navigate the complexities of AI to drive real, measurable value.
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OpenAI’s o1: More Than Meets The Eye
The new model is a significant step forward and a preview of what's to come. Learn about the three key innovations that power OpenAI's o1.
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Dear AI, Please Change The World Already
When will AI truly deliver, and should your organization wait or dive in now? Learn three key paths of change that AI computing will drive in this preview of our new report.
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Ten More Important Emerging Technologies For 2024
As AI continues to dominate the technological landscape in 2024, security, the need for trust, and innovation in advanced computing remain vital. These trends influenced our selection of the next 10 top emerging technologies for 2024.
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Trusted AI Begins And Ends With Alignment
What do discrimination, harmful content, unexpected outcomes, and catastrophic business failure have in common? They are all potential consequences of misaligned AI. Learn how an “align by design” approach can help.
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Introducing AI Alignment: A Technology Point Of View
As generative AI models interact more with digital environments, their unpredictability renders traditional testing insufficient. Instead, aligning these models with corporate and customer values through technical and governance mechanisms is essential. Learn more about the "align by design" approach.
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Forrester’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies For 2024: As AI Dominates, Security Becomes Paramount
Forrester’s list of the top 10 emerging technologies for 2024 reflects the continued dominance of AI but also emphasizes the growing importance of security in our increasingly connected world. Get a deep dive on the top 10 list in this blog post.
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Im Juni: Forrester stellt die wichtigsten 10 Emerging Technologies für 2024 vor
Wir haben unsere Auswahl abgeschlossen. (Und ja, die überwältigende Welle von KI-Technologien hat unseren Auswahlprozess beeinflusst). Erfahren Sie, was sich in diesem Jahr in unserer Analyse geändert hat und was Sie erwarten können.
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Coming Soon: Forrester’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies For 2024
We've finalized our selections. (And, yes, the overwhelming wave of AI technologies influenced our selection process.) Find out what changed in our analysis this year and more on what to expect.
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À venir : Le Top 10 des technologies émergentes de Forrester
Nous avons finalisé nos sélections. (Et, oui, la vague écrasante de technologies d'IA a influencé notre processus de sélection). Découvrez ce qui a changé dans notre analyse cette année et ce à quoi vous pouvez vous attendre.
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LLMs, Make Room For World Models
The industry is pushing LLMs hard to be the path forward to artificial general intelligence, but limits are on the horizon. World models may be an important alternative.
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rabbit’s r1 Personal AI Device (PAD): Exciting Technology With An Underwhelming Experience
rabbit’s r1 personal AI device is an exciting technology that faces obstacles to commercial success — and gives us glimpses of the future.
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Architects: Jump In To Generative AI
The future of genAI is much bigger than question-and-answer-style chat. Learn why architects must get involved to help their organization understand its potential and the building blocks needed for a dizzying array of genAI-powered applications.
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GenAI’s World-Changing Power Is Putting Knowledge To Work
Generative AI will not just disrupt — it will shatter markets, industries, and economies in waves over the next 10 to 15 years. We sense this, but why and how will this happen? We think that generative AI drives the cost of knowledge activation to zero and creates a virtual knowledge loop that increases what is known in the world by more people. We are launching deep research into this topic and invite you to join us.
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We’re Launching Research On AI Alignment And Trust
Many leadership teams are now taking the AI alignment challenge seriously. Learn how an Align By Design framework can help solve that challenge.
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At Its Innovation 2023 Event, Intel Is Focused On AI Developers
Get Forrester's key takeaways and unique insights from the recent Intel Innovation 2023 conference.
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Biden Escalates The US-China Tech Trade War (Again)
US president Joe Biden issued an executive order on August 9 imposing tighter restrictions on certain technology investments in “countries of concern.” It cites military applications of these technologies by hostile states that raise US national security concerns. The EO leaves “countries of concern” vaguely defined, but the target is China, including its special administrative […]
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Generative AI Dominates The Top 10 Emerging Technologies Of 2023
Generative AI tops this year's list of 10 emerging technologies — but maybe not for the reasons you think. Find out why.
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How We Picked The Top Emerging Technologies For 2023
This year’s evaluation was more rigorous and expansive than ever before as we sought to answer end users’ important questions.
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The Long March Of Quantum Computing Is Entering A New Chapter
We are still in the early stages of commercial adoption for quantum computing. That is starting to change.
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