Author Archives: GilPress

About GilPress

I'm Managing Partner at gPress, a marketing, publishing, research and education consultancy. Also a Senior Contributor forbes.com/sites/gilpress/. Previously, I held senior marketing and research management positions at NORC, DEC and EMC. Most recently, I was Senior Director, Thought Leadership Marketing at EMC, where I launched the Big Data conversation with the “How Much Information?” study (2000 with UC Berkeley) and the Digital Universe study (2007 with IDC). Twitter: @GilPress

A Very Short History of AI, 2021 Edition

Posted on May 21, 2021 by GilPress

The evolution of AI from theoretical concepts to machine logic to expert systems to machine learning to artificial neural networks and big data-based deep learning. Read more

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A Very Short History of Quantum Computing

Posted on May 19, 2021 by GilPress

40 years ago, Nobel Prize-winner Richard Feynman argued that “nature isn’t classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you’d better make it quantum mechanical.” This was later perceived as a rallying cry for developing a quantum computer, leading to … Continue reading →

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The State of Data, April 2021

Posted on May 2, 2021 by GilPress

The data on the state-of-data in April 2021. Read more

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AI and Healthcare

Posted on April 30, 2021 by GilPress

Two AI luminaries, Fei-Fei Li and Andrew Ng got together today on YouTube, to discuss the state of AI in healthcare. Read more

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AI and In-Vitro Fertilization

Posted on April 29, 2021 by GilPress

Using big data, AI, and computer vision technologies, Israeli startup AiVF aims to transform the process of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Read more

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The Data Index, March 2021

Posted on April 5, 2021 by GilPress

Data is eating the world and there are numerous indicators of its ubiquitous presence in our lives. Read more

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The Future of Global Workforce Management

Posted on March 25, 2021 by GilPress

How do you get from $0 to $1.2 billion valuation in 60 months? You deliver the future of work now. Or, as Eynat Guez, CEO of Papaya Global, says laughing, “you put in a lot of working hours,” ten-year-worth of … Continue reading →

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AI in Healthcare Now

Posted on March 23, 2021 by GilPress

Kira Radinsky, co-founder and Chairman of Diagnostic Robotics, wants to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. The lessons learned from initial deployments of the startup’s AI-based digital triage platform in Israel and the U.S. and the valuable experience gained during the … Continue reading →

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Data will Continue to Eat the World in 2021

Posted on December 31, 2020 by GilPress

54 predictions about the state of data, AI, and ML in the near future Continue reading →

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Data is Eating the World

Posted on December 30, 2020 by GilPress

From fueling the recent success of “artificial intelligence” (AI) and the rise of “digital transformation” to its accelerated growth due to Covid-19 to new approaches to its “monetization” to how it makes businesses and consumers both anxious and animated, data dominates our deeds, debates, and dreams. Continue reading →

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