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The elasticity quotient can help overcome machine learning hurdles by acting as the economic indicator for the C-suite. Learn how.

Let’s just say that one measure of the hype that surrounds any emerging technology is the amount of new (and largely superfluous) jargon that it generates. The Enterprise Automation Market Needs Pragmatic Advice The market for robotic process automation (RPA) has been in hyper growth for a while now. RPA and its extension into intelligent […]

AI is hard. You know it, and we wouldn’t be writing about it if it wasn’t a mission-critical challenge facing businesses today. Unlike the software development lifecycle, where good code is built to last for some time, AI models are subject to the dynamism and vicissitudes of the world they’re designed to represent. AI models […]

Enterprises need more artificial intelligence and machine-learning (ML) solutions to drive value, transform their businesses, and outperform the competition. But firms find it challenging to navigate the lifecycle of developing, deploying, and maintaining their ML models and AI solutions. A key problem? They don’t have the right PAML (predictive analytics and machine learning) solutions that […]

Spring is usually an exciting time in the sports world. It marks the culmination of the men’s and women’s college basketball seasons, the NBA and NHL playoffs begin, the domestic European soccer (football) leagues are in full swing, and the Boston Marathon traditionally takes place on the third Monday of April. But the COVID-19 crisis […]

The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated automation adoption, not just as a cost measure, but also for risk mitigation and business resiliency.

Insurtech funding contracted last quarter amid economic uncertainty. As the pandemic and its aftereffects linger, the outlook remains unclear.

Artificial intelligence can help marketers fulfill their mission of influencing prospects and clients. But using these tools well requires keen human judgment.

The time of year has finally arrived when the sun lingers on the horizon longer and longer, life creeps back into the trees, and weather forecasts look much more favorable. But this normally welcome period of seasonal change coincides with unprecedented change in how we are forced to conduct business. In the midst of the […]

(Jeremy Vale coauthored this post.) Automation-focused machine learning (AutoML) has the power to dramatically upscale AI at your organization. With AutoML tools, organizations can unlock valuable new business insights, embed advanced AI capabilities in applications, and empower data scientists and nontechnical experts alike to build predictive models rapidly. AutoML Gives New ML Powers To Data […]

Vice President Ted Schadler explores how combining data sources with mapping capabilities can create tools to inform public health decisions.

AI is supposed to be the most powerful pattern detection and prediction technology in the world. It therefore begs the question: Can we use AI to predict future global pandemics far enough in advance to tamp them down or prevent them altogether?

Last October, Microsoft won the $10 billion U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract. The 10-year agreement is part of a larger Pentagon initiative to modernize and unify its IT infrastructure, most of which still exists on technology from the 1980s and 1990s. The Microsoft decision came as a massive shock […]

As companies navigate through murky waters amid global health and economic headwinds, as a data and analytics leader, it may feel like there are many things that are out of your hands today. As you weather these conditions, it is still important to chart a steady course and be laser-focused on the parts you can […]

AI is not a black box and AI developers must learn to accept and deal with bias. Analyst Andrew Hogan gets some insights on AI and ethics from Carol Smith of Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute.

Many AI practitioners and those exploring AI solutions expect to reap the benefits of AI technologies simply by adopting licensed API services in the cloud. However, in many cases, an out-of-the-box solution is not enough to solve ongoing business challenges. A three-month pilot implementation is usually only enough to demonstrate the value of the concept […]

(Jeremy Vale coauthored this post.) Cellphone manufacturers are struggling to differentiate themselves. In the ads from the late 2000s, new phones were sleeker, faster, contained more memory, and could even have a touchscreen. Fast-forward to today, and only the almighty camera receives attention. Apple’s acquisition of Xnor.ai is the latest move in the battle for […]

Think you know enough about machine learning? Senior analyst Kjell Carlsson identifies some surprising misperceptions to help you increase your machine-learning literacy.

For data science practitioners, machine learning developers or insights-driven business leaders, here are the key announcements from Amazon's AWS re:invent 2019 show that you should care about.