The UK’s AI roadmap

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

Taking a post-Covid look at AI adoption by industry

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

Healthcare IT is hard – even with AI & machine learning – but we should pursue it

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

Healthcare ripe for information innovation

The business case for better information management in healthcare is clear cut. This applies especially in markets where healthcare providers aren't competing for patients, as they do in the US. So sharing information should be the norm. But it isn't. Why? There are numerous reasons, but it's due in part to slow adoption of technology… Continue reading Healthcare ripe for information innovation