Ease of access to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) platforms is making it easier than ever for brands to gain an exponentially greater understanding of the needs, wants and behaviours of their customers – giving them unprecedented insight into just what makes the users of their products or services, tick. These technologies are even more useful when optimising […]
A background in accounting and an aptitude for systems have placed Adrian van der Merwe and his company, North Wind Digital, at forefront of shaping the finance function of the future. As society and industry try to come to grips with the ramifications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), van der Merwe, CTO Grant Hesse and their team have combined […]
“I’ve come to detest the word ‘innovation’ because people throw it around without knowing what it really means,” says Singularity University Founding Executive Director Salim Ismail. “Anything really innovative is really disruptive. If its’ not, it’s incremental – that’s just improvement. Disruption radically changes the game”. Disruption is something Ismail has a deep knowledge of, as Singularity University was established […]
When IBM’s Deep Blue won its match against chess world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, it became the first computer system to defeat a reigning world champion in a match under standard chess tournament time controls. Kasparov accused IBM of cheating (he’d won the original match, a year earlier, 4-2) and demanded a rematch, but IBM declined and retired Deep […]
wineoclock 