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Has humanity reached the point where it is ready to live with avatars?
Cognition
Science fiction shows the separation of a person into a real, human, form and a computer-generated duplicate, which may take on multiple appearances and abilities. The world is not quite there yet, but it is closer than one would think. Financial crime risk and compliance specialist, owner of FinCrimeTV, and raconteur Nigel Morris-Cotterill explains.
Nigel Morris-Cotterill  |  Nov 01 , 2023
Schools to choose whether GenAI stimulates or enervates human intelligence
Generic
As AI surges and people fret over its impact on jobs, educational institutions also struggle to come to terms with the tech. They must update their curriculums to use AI to help students learn better and develop their human smarts, asserts NEOMA Business School Prof Alain Goudey.
Alain Goudey  |  Oct 30 , 2023
Web Summit appoints former Wikipedia boss Katherine Maher as CEO
People
Next month’s Web Summit in Lisbon bills itself as gathering “together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry.” Ex-Wikipedia head Katherine Maher will bring all her experience to bear as she takes the helm as chief executive of this year’s gala event.
Katherine Farrell  |  Oct 30 , 2023
The poverty of AI pessimism shows the need for a more productive outlook
Cognition
While much of the criticism and pessimism surrounding AI is warranted, a more comprehensive outlook is a better way of assessing the technology, writes Jim O’Neill, a member of the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development.
Jim O’Neill  |  Oct 27 , 2023
Future technology director reveals her vision for US biotech’s course ahead
New era
Director of Future Technology Platforms at US NGO think tank the Special Competitive Studies Project Abigail Kukura sat for an exclusive interview with The Yuan’s Andrii Buvailo - pharma analyst and BiopharmaTrend.com co-founder - and read her auguries for US biotech’s hereafter.
Andrii Buvailo  |  Oct 26 , 2023
An AI revolution is sweeping, transforming Brazilian healthcare
New era
The rise of AI and the digital age are driving silent yet comprehensive change in Brazilian healthcare, with profound implications and innovative progress in digital health to benefit both doctors and their patients, says radiologist and healthcare executive Dr Gustavo Meirelles.
Gustavo Meirelles  |  Oct 25 , 2023
AI, robotics deploy in hospitality, healthcare to supply labor shortfall
Optimization
Hospitality and healthcare have been hard hit by COVID-19 and labor shortages. AI and robotics are cushioning this blow and though they may eliminate some jobs they will ease and improve the quality of others, writes Sanjeev Shetty, co-founder of Robotics-as-a-service company HelloGard Robotics.
Sanjeev Shetty  |  Oct 24 , 2023
Arabian moonshots may hold huge implications for the whole world
Governance
In the run-up to the Global AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park at the start of November, Calum Chace discusses the role that the Gulf countries might play in helping to develop and deploy AI to universal benefit.
Calum Chace  |  Oct 23 , 2023
Properly managing the AI backlash means ensuring universal benefits
Cognition
Any disruption to the status quo inevitably creates violent resistance among those left behind or insiders who stand to lose thereby. Easing the AI transition and ensuring as many as possible benefit is the solution, argues Harvard Kennedy School Senior Fellow Edoardo Campanella.
Edoardo Campanella  |  Oct 20 , 2023
Peptide prediction based on machine learning can lead to many breakthroughs
Generic
ML use in peptide prediction is a key emerging application, one which sheds light on the body’s immune system and its response to antigens. ML genetic and healthcare data specialist Dr Sara Moein explains how this works.
Sara Moein  |  Oct 19 , 2023
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Janna Lipenkova
Janna Lipenkova
Janna Lipenkova is a computational linguist who speaks seven languages. She heads two companies, Anacode and Equintel, that use AI to deliver cutting-edge business intelligence and guide clients towards smarter decisions, strategy, and execution.
Philip M. Parker
Philip M. Parker
Philip M. Parker is Professor of Marketing at INSEAD and the INSEAD Chaired Professor of Management Science.His research explores why existing theories governing macroeconomic growth and firm level competition yield unreliable forecasts of actual market outcomes. He introduced the idea that physical sciences should be directly integrated into macroeconomic studies.
Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari is an entrepreneur, AI thought leader, author, adjunct professor, and TEDx speaker. He is the founder of Innovation Titan, a data-science thought leadership and advisory firm. He advises executives on data-driven leadership and helps organizations adopt a culture of data for decision-making.
Johannes Walter
Johannes Walter
Johannes Walter is head of department and scientific director of digitalization and digital association development at Diakonie Baden as well as associate professor at IU International University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on AI in healthcare and digital transformation in the social and healthcare sector.
Nikolaj van Omme
Nikolaj van Omme
Nikolaj van Omme is chief executive officer of Funartech, an AI startup that provides creative solutions to complex industrial problems by combining machine learning and applied mathematics. He is a strong proponent of hybrid methods and approaches, in particular the hybridization of machine learning and operations research.
Shanen Boettcher
Shanen Boettcher
Shanen Boettcher is a former General Manager of Microsoft’s Startup Business Group, which oversees the innovation of Microsoft’s core businesses. He also holds a PhD in human-machine communication and AI from the University of St Andrews, and has experience operationalizing strategy, developing global award-winning products, building tools and guidance for high-tech startups at Responsible Innovation Labs, and working as a product strategist for AI21 Labs, a leading artificial intelligence and large language model startup.
Austin Lentsch
Austin Lentsch
Austin Lentsch is a policy fellow at MIT’s Blueprint Labs.
Tonny Huang
Tonny Huang
Manager at Kearney.
Betty Pio
Betty Pio
Partner at Kearney.
Keena Patel-Moran
Keena Patel-Moran
Partner at Kearney.