I spoke at a couple of S&P Global customer events recently, including the Securities Finance Forum in London. One of the attendees wrote a review of the event and said I "gave a really interesting and eye-opening keynote speech on the new realities of Generative AI," which was nice of them!

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I recently did a video in support of work we've been doing with Microsoft exploring the latest innovations in the use of AI in manufacturing, especially around the differences between engineer-built AI vs data scientist-built AI. You can see the short (2 mins 44 secs) video here 

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I wrote a 2021 outlook to highlight the areas in AI and machine learning I think will be important this year. It's been turned into an S&P Global Market Intelligence blog post. At a high level, the areas are Skills shortages are no longer just about data scientists Large language models look set to change… Continue reading 2021 AI and machine learning outlook →

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The UK AI Council, a non-statutory expert committee of independent advisers set up in 2019 published its AI Roadmap today. I've long been interested - and occasionally frustrated - by the issue of so-called AI nationalism. But there are undeniably hotspots of AI and London was certainly the pre-eminent one pre-Brexit in, as I noted… Continue reading The UK’s AI roadmap →

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As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella put it on the company's fiscal Q320 earnings call on April 29, As COVID-19 impacts every aspect of our work and life, we have seen 2 years' worth of digital transformation in 2 months. Things are changing very quickly in certain areas of the technology sector and so surveys we… Continue reading Taking a post-Covid look at AI adoption by industry →

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As we come to the end of 2019 - and indeed the decade - I wanted to give you a heads-up of forthcoming Voice of the Enterprise AI & Machine Learning survey research coming in January, so I made a 1-minute video that explains it all. https://youtu.be/5jVJee1rzxo If you want to know more about trends… Continue reading New AI & Machine Learning research coming from 451 in 2020 →

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One of the questions I get asked the most, especially when speaking at conferences is a version of the following: I am not Google or Facebook or Tencent or Alibaba. So what can AI do for me? The implied follow-up question is that given we know AI is driven by data and these organizations have… Continue reading Why AI value comes from industry-specific applications →

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AI and machine learning should not be an end in itself for organizations; it should be adopted for sound business reasons. And as an omni-use technology, we see that happening in all sorts of industries and use cases - from agriculture to space exploration. But as it begins to be adopted we see the use… Continue reading AI use cases in four key industries →

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My new report from 451 Research - 'The Current and Future State of AI and Machine Learning' brings together the key points about AI & ML I've been writing, speaking to clients and presenting about for the past two years. If you agree that technology adoption - like so many other trends - takes the form… Continue reading The Current & Future State of AI & Machine Learning →

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Healthcare IT is hard. I bring this up as the drumbeat of negative press about IBM Watson has been getting louder recently, especially around healthcare. And now comes this comprehensive report from STAT News - a well-respected source in the health sector - on IBM's efforts with Watson for Oncology. The report outlines the struggles clinicians have… Continue reading Healthcare IT is hard – even with AI & machine learning – but we should pursue it →

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