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A case study of failure shows the difficulty of adopting AI in healthcare
Generic
Success stories abound about the adoption of AI in healthcare and other domains, yet failures may prove even more instructive as governments, companies, and persons seek to navigate the age of AI. AI and ML expert Moein Shariatnia shines the spotlight on one such cautionary tale.
Moein Shariatnia  |  Jan 23 , 2024
STARVar diagnoses rare diseases with AI-powered variant prioritization
New era
Diagnosing rare diseases has always been tricky, but a new AI tool known as STARVar promises to ease their identification. Martina Rossi, an expert on the potential of gene therapy as a targeted and personalized approach to treating rare diseases, explains how it all pans out.
Martina Rossi  |  Jan 22 , 2024
ML is highly adept at predicting gene expression
Domain knowledge
Gene expression is the process through which information inscribed into a gene is converted into a function. ML genetic and healthcare data specialist Dr Sara Moein relates how ML accurately predicts target genes from landmark ones and states the implications of this in medicine.
Sara Moein  |  Jan 19 , 2024
Mental healthcare is in the midst of an AI-induced metamorphosis
Brain science
AI is upending mental healthcare - from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and management - particularly among youngsters. Cambridge University Science Communicator Simone Castello, a former BBC journalist, ticks off the apps and their makers that are ringing in these changes.
Simone Castello  |  Jan 18 , 2024
Introducing a powerful extractive summarization tool for YouTube videos
Optimization
Almost everyone knows about YouTube videos, but far fewer are familiar with the behind-the-scenes tools and tech that make these videos possible. AI researcher and tech expert Parisa Naraei describes in detail how some of these tools work and what users should know about them.
Parisa Naraei  |  Jan 17 , 2024
AI tops the charts at Davos 2024 as The Yuan makes its grand entrance
Governance
The WEF now underway in Davos, Switzerland is bringing together household names from business, tech, government, and academia, with AI clearly in the ascendant for the first time. Three of The Yuan’s top contributors are also showing our flag at this year’s gala event.
Mevlut Katik  |  Jan 17 , 2024
Truly global AI ethics and culture extend well beyond abstract discussions
Cognition
Discussions about implementing frameworks governing AI ethics and culture must be more inclusive and culturally sensitive by focusing on non-Western perspectives that emphasize pragmatic, real-world concerns, stresses tech entrepreneur and AI ethics expert Jibu Elias.
Jibu Elias  |  Jan 16 , 2024
Inflated sum of AI fears is far more pessimistic than is warranted
Cognition
GenAI in the form of publicly accessible new tools like ChatGPT has unloosed a flood of fears over job losses, deepfakes - even doomsday. Michael R. Strain, director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, offers a counterargument to soothe these jitters.
Michael R. Strain  |  Jan 15 , 2024
Global AI governance must accomplish certain things to be a success
Governments4AI
The age of AI is here, and governance and policymaking are starting to catch up. Such progress is welcome but also uneven and uncoordinated, and no universal standard that could truly be called ‘global’ governance has yet emerged. This must change as AI’s impact keeps growing.
The age of AI requires inequality insurance more than ever before
Governments4AI
Rising inequality has become more visible and more of a political flashpoint in recent years. AI may conceivably help reduce the gap between the haves and have-nots, but it might also make matters worse, which is why some form of inequality insurance is more important than ever.
Ian Ayres, Aaron Edlin, Robert J. Shiller  |  Jan 11 , 2024
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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.