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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

Do You Know What is AI?

Posted on August 11, 2019 by GilPress

26% of consumers think they interact with AI at least once a day; when they think of AI, 53% think primarily of robots and 40% think primarily of self-driving cars; 58% get their information on AI from movies and TV … Continue reading →

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A Short History of Algorithms

Posted on August 8, 2019 by GilPress
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Microsoft Hologram Speaking Japanese

Posted on August 1, 2019 by GilPress

https://youtu.be/eCseYtBd5_4 Microsoft is using its Mixed Reality studios and neural TTS engines to create a hologram of a person speaking in another language. The voice will sound just like the original person, but with a different language.    

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AI by the Numbers: Only 20% of US Consumers Trust AI-Generated Healthcare Advice

Posted on July 29, 2019 by GilPress

The surveys, studies, forecasts and other quantitative assessments of the health and progress of AI for this week find increased VC excitement over AI startups, low trust in AI advice by U.S. consumers and global business executives, China and Germany … Continue reading →

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Amazon Leads the $23 Billion Public Cloud Market in Q2, Growing 8X Over 5 Yrs

Posted on July 26, 2019 by GilPress

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The Future of the Robotics Industry

Posted on July 25, 2019 by GilPress

Steve Crowe, Editor of The Robot Report, catches up with 10-year-old robotics prodigy Michael Wimmer at the Robotics Summit & Expo 2019.

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Chatbots and Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Posted on July 24, 2019 by GilPress

Natural Language Processing is a based on deep learning that enables computers to acquire meaning from inputs given by users. In the context of bots, it assesses the intent of the input from the users and then creates responses based on contextual … Continue reading →

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The Failure Rate of Enterprises Deploying AI and Other Data on AI

Posted on July 22, 2019 by GilPress

The surveys, studies, forecasts and other quantitative assessments of the health and progress of AI for this week reveal the state of enterprise AI adoption, workers’ attitudes towards AI, data insecurity and privacy challenges, the fortunes of AI startups, and … Continue reading →

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The Impact of AI and Automation on Jobs Now and in the Future

Posted on July 16, 2019 by GilPress

Amazon announced last week that it will spend $700 million to train about 100,000 workers in the US by 2025, helping them move into more highly skilled jobs. The New York Times observed that with this program Amazon is acknowledging that ”advances in automation technology … Continue reading →

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Alan Turing is the New Face of UK’s £50 Note

Posted on July 15, 2019 by GilPress

Alan Turing is the face of the U.K.'s new fifty-pound note. Here's what you need to know #Turing50 pic.twitter.com/JVfoyWJPNR — TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) July 15, 2019 See also Alan Turing Predicts Machine Learning And The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence … Continue reading →

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