Machine intelligence and AI

Parsing the hype, hopes, and practical applications of AI across finance solutions This article is sponsored by:

Is AI in finance a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Zoho's Raju Vegesna does some myth-busting and explores the the middle ground where AI has a useful place amid the hype.

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Can AI change agriculture? Examining the use cases This article is sponsored by:

Agriculture isn't a monolith. In the US, there are a sizable amount of smaller farms. Can AI give farmers a leg up, even those with limited resources? The use cases deserve a closer look.

Enterprise hits and misses - Retailers hit Black Friday numbers, DevOps gets quantified, and AI projects get real This article is sponsored by:

This week - retailers get a pretty decent Black Friday, but questions linger. AI projects get a reality check, as data on ROI and employee buy-in rolls in. DevOps isn't easy, and neither are open source language models (just ask Meta). As always, your weekly whiffs.

Can AI help us address food insecurity and food waste? This article is sponsored by:

Despite all our tech-for-good efforts, food insecurity remains a global problem. Meanwhile, the stats on food waste in the US alone are eye-opening. Can AI startups like Wasteless help to close this gap?

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AI demands a contract of trust, says KPMG This article is sponsored by:

KPMG provides advice on how to keep customers happy in the risk-filled world of artificial intelligence

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We need a real semantic layer - but something is missing This article is sponsored by:

Semantic layers have been around for a long time - but with underwhelming results. Is the concept outdated? No, but something it missing. In the big data era, we need to raise our data abstraction game.

Wrap up warm for AI Summer, or you might catch cold This article is sponsored by:

Some cautionary tales from the AI sector, which we may be trusting too deeply or too quickly for our own good.

The underrated practice of ERP systems automation - Scotts Miracle-Gro shares its SAP example This article is sponsored by:

At SAP TechEd, we heard plenty of useful talk on SAP automation, but mostly from a low-code/business user angle. What about ERP systems automaton? Avantra customer Scotts Miracle-Gro shares its ERP automation lessons.

Avantra's Brenton O’Callaghan interviewing Manikantan Velayudhan Pillai, Manager or Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

AI is transforming CX - three ways it can revolutionise your support function right now This article is sponsored by:

Fast responses and resolutions to their issues are customers’ top priority - AI can make an immediate impact on the burden and complexity for customers and businesses. Zendesk's Cristina Fonseca points to three ways to get the most from AI in retail.

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Enterprise hits and misses - Retailers' pre-holiday news is problematic, Amazon's layoffs wake up Alexa, and low-code gets a reality check This article is sponsored by:

This week - Walmart and Target issue mixed earning news - where does consumer sentiment lie? Amazon's pending layoffs are another wake up call, and Alexa teams are impacted. Flexible work data is complicated, as is low-code adoption. Your whiffs include Web3 vinegar from yours truly.

Data overload is a real thing - can causal emergence reframe the problem? This article is sponsored by:

Data overload is a real problem, but we keep piling it on. After all, AI and machine learning require massive data sets. But are we framing the problem correctly? Causal emergence makes a different argument - and could impact the "big data" obsession.

Enterprise hits and misses - AI adoption gets debated, crypto gets an FTX shakeup, and event season rolls on This article is sponsored by:

This week - responsible AI gets an Intel boost, but where are we with ethics versus adoption? Crypto grabs tech headlines for the wrong reasons - bad times at FTX. Event season rolls on - diginomica has your news and views. Whiffs are easy thanks to Twitter.

AI’s ‘long tail’ is preventing mature adoption, says Andrew Ng This article is sponsored by:

AI technology is a bigger challenge than leaders realise. The solution? Data-centric AI.