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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

Will Google Own AI? (2)

According to the tally Google provided to MIT Technology Review, it published 218 journal or conference papers on machine learning in 2016, nearly twice as many as it did two years ago…  Compared to all companies that publish prolifically on … Continue reading

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Using AI And Deep Learning To Improve Consumer Access To Credit

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and neural networks-based deep learning are concepts that have recently come to dominate venture capital funding, startup formation, promotion and exits and policy discussions. The highly-publicized triumphs over humans in Go and Poker, rapid progress in … Continue reading

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10 Hottest AI Technologies

The market for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is flourishing. Beyond the hype and the heightened media attention, the numerous startups and the internet giants racing to acquire them, there is a significant increase in investment and adoption by enterprises. A … Continue reading

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Data Is Eating the World: Enterprise Edition

HT: ArchiTECHt Enterprise Innovation: With its 150-year history, over $2.4 trillion in assets, 37 million customers, and 4,000-strong presence across 70 countries, [HSBC] is an important financial institution in a heavily-regulated industry. “We have to make sure our customers feel … Continue reading

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Machine Learning Beats Data Science for Top Tech Job By Salary

Rank Job Title Number of Postings per Million Average Base Salary Average Growth in Postings 2013-2016 1 Machine Learning Engineer 58 $134,306 36% 2 Data Scientist 360 $129,938 108% 3 Computer Vision Engineer 20 $127,849 34% 4 Development Operations Engineer … Continue reading

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How Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) will Change the Shopping and Advertising Experience

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Data Is Eating the World: Supply Chain Innovation

Crunchbase: Venture capital investors have lately taken a keen interest in the logistics, supply chain management and shipping market, which measures in the trillions of dollars globally and in the hundreds of billions of dollars in the US alone. Based … Continue reading

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The Emoji Guide to Machine Learning

Source: Emily Barry

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Chatbots Startups and the Future of Marketing and Selling

Venture Radar: Chatbots are programs that mimic conversation with people using artificial intelligence. CB Insights: Advances in artificial intelligence algorithms have put chatbots and voice assistants in the spotlight, with investor interest in the space increasing in recent months. From Artificial intelligence (AI) … Continue reading

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The Next Big Thing in Robotics

Travis Deyle, Why Indoor Robots for Commercial Spaces Are the Next Big Thing in Robotics: Venture funding for robotics has exploded by more than 10x over the last six years and shows no signs of stopping. Most of this investment has … Continue reading

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