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How blockchain and Artificial Intelligence can be used to improve auto finance
Renting a car can be a time-consuming process. You have to go to the rental agency, wait for the attendant to fill out the leasing forms, which you must then check and sign before even getting sight of the keys.…
Bowmans invests in artificial intelligence
Pan-African law firm, Bowmans, has invested in Kira, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution, in a bid to improve efficiencies in certain key legal processes, primarily in the mergers and acquisitions, private equity and compliance areas. The software automatically identifies and…
Probabilistic computing takes Artificial Intelligence to the next step
The potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has never been greater — but we’ll only be successful if AI can deliver smarter and more intuitive answers. A key barrier to AI today is that natural data fed to a computer…
Improving healthcare outcomes with Artificial Intelligence
Predictive analytics can save lives. Healthcare has always come with the fine balance of prioritising care and allocating scarce resources. Providers are faced with tough decisions about how long doctors or nurses see patients, who occupies their limited number of…
Atlantic AI Labs Opens Artificial Intelligence Research Center in Africa
Founded in March 2018 with headquarters in Cotonou, Benin, Atlantic AI Labs aims to unleash the potential of AI for sustainable development in Africa with applications in domains such as: healthcare, precision agriculture, education, unmanned aerial vehicles, environmental protection, and…
Artificial Intelligence: How it will change the way you drive
Driverless cars have received a lot of media coverage recently, and there is no doubt that they are benefitting from massive amounts of R&D. So, while there have been some recent setbacks, and there will doubtless be more, it appears…
The opportunities of artificial intelligence in the payroll sector
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the many digital disruptions that poses unique opportunities and risks to all parts of business, including payroll, says Lavine Haripersad, vice chairman of the South African Payroll Association (SAPA). In America over 550 start-ups…
Forrester’s Artificial Intelligence reality check
Forrester has put forward a collection of predictions for CIOs working on data and analytics initiatives, warning that the capabilities of new technologies, like Artificial Intelligence (AI), require the redesign of operating models. In 2017, Forrester’s predictions for data and…
The future of coaching in a world of Artificial Intelligence
Every year, the breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the intelligence displayed by machines, become more and more astounding. The list of what intelligent machines can now do better than humans grows. From driving cars more safely to making more accurate…
Artificial Intelligence drives disruption in the analytics space
Advancements in analytics technologies and convergence of technologies have led to transformational breakthroughs in the business landscape, enabling companies to gain a competitive advantage and create new ways of generating revenues. The availability of ever-increasing amounts of structured and unstructured…
How artificial intelligence will impact the South African workforce
Last year, research by Accenture and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) posited that artificial intelligence (AI) had the potential to double the growth rate of the South African economy and boost rates of profitability by an average of…
Five reasons why Artificial Intelligence needs Women
Over the course of the last few years, Artificial intelligence (AI) has become recognised as one of the keys to solving some of the world’s most complex issues – unlocking a level of growth and innovation that has never been…
Artificial Intelligence: Moving us from personal computers to personilised computing
If you were around in the 1980s when the first PCs appeared, you’ll remember how we marvelled at the fact that devices that previously filled entire rooms now sat on our desks. For the next three decades or so, we…
Artificial Intelligence: Your bot will see you now
Next time you contact your insurer there is a good chance that you will be dealing with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Insurers are starting to use intelligent computers to give advice and speed up the process of buying insurance and paying…
40 percent of CIOs are planning to deploy Artificial Intelligence says Gartner
Meaningful artificial intelligence (AI) deployments are just beginning to take place, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner’s 2018 CIO Agenda Survey shows that four percent of CIOs have implemented AI, while a further 46 percent have developed plans to do so.…
Artificial Intelligence is a game changer for personal devices says Gartner
Emotion artificial intelligence (AI) systems are becoming so sophisticated that Gartner predicts that by 2022, personal devices will know more about an individual’s emotional state than his or her own family. AI is generating multiple disruptive forces that are reshaping…
