The German government has published their AI strategy which will officially be announced on Dec 3rd. It is a good step in the right direction. But with investments of 3 billion Euro until 2025 (500 Million Euro per year) it is not ambitious enough to get Germany to the top spot in the AI race. Just look at China.
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This weeks edition is looking at Alibaba and how it has become a „smart business“ driven by a tech-enabled platform and machine learning. There are interesting views on the status of autonomous driving looking at Tesla and Waymo. And we have a white paper on Chinas open source strategy for AI.
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This week we start with the new Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. We also look at the question how AI can drive innovation and have some articles on AI and Ethics.
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The focus this week is the important question how to best use AI in business. We look AI in healthcare and have some good information sources on the national AI strategies. And there is a very inspiring vision of the not-to-distant future of portable AI.
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At the end of June I had the pleasure to attend the Board of Directors Weekend of Salzburg Global Seminar. A really outstanding event
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A lot can be read and heard about artificial intelligence (AI) and especially about machine learning (ML). It is one of the technologies that will decisively determine our future. At least that’s what many experts believe. I agree, even if there are still many question marks. Both in terms of technology. And even more when it comes to the use of these technologies.
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I spent most of my career in the software industry. Almost 20 years as a manager at SAP and in recent years at IBM.
Now it’s time for the next chapter.
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Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest topics in the technology world these days. And deep learning is at the core of many advances you may have seen. It looks like this is coming from nowhere but in reality the technique behind it is almost 30 years old. So the question is: Quo Vadis, AI?
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Forbes and FastCompany (Fast)  have released their lists of most innovative companies this month. It is always an interesting read. And there are some interesting lessons to learn.
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What are the most innovative companies? For 2015 there are several lists you can find with a quick internet search. Every list is compiled differently. Here are 3 lists with their top 10 innovative companies
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I have always been interested in the topic of Innovation. Both from a business perspective as well as personally.
But what is innovation? There are many different definitions. Just do a quick search and you will finds dozen’s of definitions. For me there are two main aspects to innovation. There has to something new – and it has to have a measurable impact.
