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

How Can AI Help Mend U.S. Healthcare?

Posted on August 2, 2021 by GilPress

The potential for using AI to address some of the long-term deficiencies of the healthcare system in the U.S. has never been greater. Read more

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Top Tech Trends from OurCrowd

Posted on July 14, 2021 by GilPress

Top technologies and startups to watch in 2021 and into 2022. Read more

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SparkBeyond AI Finds Answers for Business and Social Impact

Posted on July 13, 2021 by GilPress

SparkBeyond has developed an AI-driven dynamic research and strategic action engine that can help you create a better future. Read more

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The State of Data, June 2021

Posted on July 6, 2021 by GilPress

Data is eating the world, continuing to impact every aspect of our lives. Here’s the data on the state-of-data in June 2021, from current attitudes towards self-driving cars to the dramatic reduction in the price of lithium-ion batteries supporting the … Continue reading →

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Data Scientists In Growing Demand, Survey Says

Posted on June 28, 2021 by GilPress

73% of data science and analytics teams planned to hire in Q1/Q2 of 2021 and 81% planned to hire in Q3/Q4 of 2021.  Read more

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Reinventing Drug Discovery with Quantum Computing

Posted on June 25, 2021 by GilPress

Polaris Quantum Biotech is reinventing drug discovery, reducing the time it takes to find candidate molecules for drug development from the typical three years to just four months.  Read more

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Upgrading Digital Media with AI

Posted on June 21, 2021 by GilPress

Israeli startup D-ID has developed AI with the potential to change how digital media is created, enhanced and used by the entertainment and media industries Read more

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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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