Artificial Intelligence

The business of bots and the realities of enterprise automation

The emerging set of capabilities and associated technologies enabling the automation of knowledge work through Robotic Process Automation (RPA) represents a tremendous opportunity for the IT function to provide considerable new value to the businessu

How robotic process automation threatens workers today

IT workers are concerned about how implementing robotic automation will add to their workload right now more than they are worried about someday losing their jobs to robots.

IT outsourcing year in review: Grading our 2015 predictions

We predicted that this was the year that IT outsourcing companies would welcome standardization, outcome-based contracts would finally take hold and RFPs would become a thing of the past. Now it's time to grade those and the rest of our predicti

IT pros don’t fear rise of the robots

IT professionals are more likely to view robotics and other automation as an asset that can free them up from menial tasks than a threat to their jobs, according to a recent survey.

Business drones will cause data management headaches for CIOs

Business drones will cause data management headaches for CIOs

Many enterprises will use drones for commercial data gathering - but indexing and examining this data will take specialist data management skills.

The future of tech lies in data, privacy and robots

EmTech 2015, MIT Technology Review's annual conference, focused on the future of technology and what we can expect in the coming years.

Artificial intelligence can go wrong – but how will we know?

You needn't worry about our robot overlords just yet, but AI can get you into a world of trouble unless we observe some best practices.

Style, tech converge at 2015 New York Fashion Week

The 2015 New York Fashion Week featured new collections from many top designers, and some savvy companies set their products apart by building cutting edge technology into clothing and accessories.

Cognitive technology and the automation of everything

The automation of knowledge work has the potential to drastically change business by creating a new class of u201cdigital labor."

The future of A.I. ethics is in our hands

When so many of the world's smartest people warn us about 'killer robots' and other ethical issues inherent in artificial intelligence, we should heed their call to make sure A.I. is used for societal good