artificial intelligence
With AI and Project Debater, IBMers InnovationJammed about new strategies after Covid-19
On May 12 -14 IBM employees ‘InnovationJammed’ about, where and how the company can and should innovate and transform itself after the crisis and to address customer’s new, disrupted situation and IBM’s own changed reality. Don’t know what an ‘IBM InnovationJam is?’ Under the title ‘Think Forward 2020’, we, employees of IBM worldwide, were invited […]
Seizing the data advantage
The IBM Institute for Business Value has recently published the report “Seizing the data advantage“. The insights provided draw upon answers from more than 13,000 C-suite executives on what it takes to lead in a world full of bytes, data, and new emerging technologies. In the report, the researchers identified a small group of enterprises that stand out from […]
The Rise of the Risk Manager in Business
The unpleasant surprise and disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic have put a finger on a soft spot of most companies’ risk management and possibly also lack of resiliency and agility when an unwanted, unexpected critical event occurs. Risk managers, if any exist in the organization, tend to live their careers in the back-office, mainly for […]
How a virtual assistant can help you
Do you ever think about how you approach navigating a website that you haven’t used before? Do you tend to start by navigating through the menus? Do you instantly go for the search field? Maybe you try the chatbot or virtual assistant if there is one. Naturally, it depends on your purpose for using the […]
CIMON SAYS… flies, feels, sees, hears, sings in space
You may remember that I wrote about the CIMON, Watson AI-powered assistant that could help the astronauts in the International Space Station (ISS), to perform experiments and to socialize a little, too. Now that was CIMON-1. CIMON-1 has retired and like any other astronaut, CIMON-1 will now spend his retirement, performing at events and in […]
Are you into testing?
Test data is data being specifically identified for use in tests, typically of a computer program/application. Some data may be used in a confirmatory way, typically to verify that a given set of inputs to a given function produces the expected result. Other data may be used in order to challenge the ability of the program […]
Enhancing the festival experience with Big Data and AI
At Skanderborg Music Festival – or “Smukfest” as it is called, IBM has worked on improving the festival experience with smart technologies. Thus, the implementation of Big Data analysis and AI (artificial intelligence) throughout the festival has secured predictions, insights, and answers to benefit both the festival guests and the Smukfest organizers/crew. In the video […]
Debater went to the movie – and now into business
Artificial intelligence has been on a seemingly unstoppable march. Human champions have been bested at checkers, chess, go, poker, and Jeopardy. But all those are games – with rules and clear scores. So, what happens when AI ventures out into the real world of human discourse and acts more like us? Where you don’t know […]
Being ready for AI
Many business leaders don’t know how to deploy AI, not just in a pilot here or there, but throughout the organization, where it can create maximum value. In order to do so, there are certain questions decision-makers initially can ask themselves to achieve even better results throughout their journey to AI: How do I define […]