Alphabet’s DeepMind unit, conqueror of Go and other games, is losing lots of money. Continued deficits could imperil investments in AI.

It’s no secret that the opportunity in unearthing hidden insights in healthcare data is huge. “The biosciences are swimming in data. The total amount of knowledge in healthcare doubles every 73 days, and it turns out that scientists can now create more information in a couple of weeks, than they could create in a lifetime only three years ago.”

There is much excitement in the world of AI and healthcare. From the promise of mass analysis and management of patient health records, to advanced predictive diagnosis methods, it’s easy to be optimistic about the future of healthcare when you consider the potential power of well-distributed, ethically robust and technically advanced AI systems.

Corporates like to talk about AI. In pitch decks, at company meetings, in comments in media editorials. Wherever there is a chance to flaunt know-how and corporate innovation efforts – and in the AI world, there are plenty of these opportunities – corporates will jump at the chance to talk about how they are rapidly employing AI methodologies and technologies into their operations and offerings.

Many enterprises are turning to conversational artificial intelligence (AI) to improve productivity within their organizations. But can a chatbot be so helpful that it impacts staff behavior and increases their productivity at the same time?

We're pleased to announce the return of World Summit AI, the world’s leading summit for the entire AI ecosystem from Enterprise to Big Tech, Startups, Investors and Science. In partnership with the United Nations, ITU, AI Commons.Org and XPrize, World Summit AI has both a strong ethics and business focus, putting people on stage who would not normally get the chance to be on stage including the Afghan Robotics team and the Inspiring 50 young girls.

Artificial Solutions, the leading specialist in enterprise-strength conversational AI, has announced that it is continuing its successful momentum as the conversational AI market starts to mature.

The growth of conversational AI technologies is undeniable. By 2020, over 80 percent of businesses are expected to have adopted chatbots or some level of conversational automation. Meanwhile, the consumer appetite for multi-platform, always-on conversational channels is high; 53 percent of customers are more likely to shop with businesses that they can message.  

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are currently all the rage. Every organization is trying to jump on this bandwagon and cash in on their data reserves. At ThoughtWorks, we’d agree that this tech has huge potential — but as with all things, realizing value depends on understanding how best to use it. 

“The Enlightenment started with essentially philosophical insights spread by a new technology. Our period is moving in the opposite direction. It has generated a potentially dominating technology in search of a guiding philosophy.” Henry A. Kissinger

Do we needing to find a guiding philosophy for tech?