We’re entering a period of exponential change in business. If SMEs don’t move from legacy technology systems to modernise, automate and innovate they’ll be swept away by the age of digital transformation. Nobody knows quite where AI will lead us, but we do know that if businesses don’t embrace new technologies they won’t survive. But
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Most business leaders say AI is critical for the survival of their firms
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Nine out of ten business leaders believe AI is critical for the survival of their organisations over the next five years. SAPPHIRE NOW (SAP) has revealed its latest global research that, of 2,500 C-level executives, six out of ten business leaders have implemented or are planning to implement AI in the next year. What’s more,
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Are we really ready to trust in AI?
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dividing the world. Heralding the fourth industrial revolution, is AI a force for good, boosting the UK economy by 10 per cent over the coming decade as predicted by PwC, or the beginning of the end for a raft of manual and knowledge workers? Given the catchall nature of technologies apparently
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How e-commerce businesses can maximise AI this Black Friday
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded into the public consciousness in 2017, and is well on the way to transforming almost every aspect of business. In fact, it is estimated that 85 per cent of customer and client interactions will be handled without a human by 2020. This is particularly true in the field of e-commerce.
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Brits lag behind Americans when it comes to embracing AI
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Anticipation, scepticism and fear are holding more Brits than Americans back from embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace, according to a new study by CITE Research for SugarCRM. The research on business executives in the US and UK reveals that that Brits are lagging behind when it comes to adopting AI technologies into their
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British workers would be happy to have a robot boss
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With the Bank Of England projecting that up to 15 million jobs might be at risk due to robots, a new survey today reveals that nearly a third of British workers (31 per cent) would be happy to work for a robot boss. The survey from cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent, of 1,000 working British
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Smaller businesses lead the AI revolution
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Research from Adecco UK&I, part of The Adecco Group – the world’s leading provider of workforce solutions – reveals that smaller businesses are more positive about new technologies such as artificial intelligence when compared to larger companies. The ‘Humans vs Robots’ report, based on responses from 1,000 board level and senior business decision makers and
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Organisations deploying AI are creating jobs and increasing sales
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Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has today announced the findings of Turning AI into concrete value: the successful implementers’ toolkit, a study of nearly 1,000 organisations with revenues of more than $500 million that are implementing artificial intelligence (AI), either as a pilot or at scale. The research both counters
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Businesses are still failing to prepare for rise of AI
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We are unprepared for the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. That is according to a poll of over 2,000 senior HR professionals carried out by Alexander Mann Solutions. In its survey, the global talent acquisition and management specialist found that just 23 per cent of senior HR professionals believe that we are
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The age of A.I – How businesses are utilising artificial intelligence
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Recent advancements over the decade in IT/Cloud/AI technology show that AI is rapidly progressing toward the formation of a fully automated society and interconnected world. A future where productivity is expected to increase 40 per cent and annual economic growth rates will double by 2035 if not sooner. What we have seen in Sci-fi movies
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