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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

The Data on Data Scientists (Infographic)

Posted on June 22, 2016 by GilPress

Source: Bob Hayes

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Artificial Intelligence: An Overview by Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research (Video)

Posted on June 22, 2016 by GilPress

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uHavVE018M?rel=0] Definition of AI: Study of computational mechanisms underlying thoughts and intelligent behavior. “AI Winter” has been very productive. I tell researchers on our team that if you can just build the thumb and forefinger into computational systems, you … Continue reading →

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Wearable adoption more than doubled in past two years

Posted on June 21, 2016 by GilPress

VB: The adoption of wearables has skyrocketed, rising from 21 percent of the U.S. population in 2014 to 49 percent in 2016, according to a report by consulting firm PwC. And parents are significantly more likely to own not just … Continue reading →

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Digital Transformation Means Going Through 3 Mindset Shifts

Posted on June 19, 2016 by GilPress

If you want to thrive in today’s digital landscape, you must re-think three fundamental activities for your business: How you define and develop your products and services; how you interact with your customers; and how you attract and retain new … Continue reading →

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News Media: Where the Ad Dollars Are Going

Posted on June 18, 2016 by GilPress

PewResearchCenter: It has been evident for several years that the financial realities of the web are not friendly to news entities, whether legacy or digital only. There is money being made on the web, just not by news organizations. Total digital … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence Startups in Healthcare

Posted on June 16, 2016 by GilPress

CB Insights: The startups [above] have raised more than $870M in aggregate funding since 2011. This year has seen some notable deals involving companies on the map: New York-based AiCure raised $12.3M in Series A funding and London-based health services … Continue reading →

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Israeli Startups Disrupting the Car Industry

Posted on June 14, 2016 by GilPress

There are more than 150 automotive startups and research groups in Israel, almost 100% growth over the last 4 years. Over the last 2 years, car-related startups have raised $820 million.

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What Are Amazon Echo, Apple Siri and Google Now Good For?

Posted on June 13, 2016 by GilPress
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600+ companies investing in deep learning

Posted on June 1, 2016 by GilPress

  O’Reilly Data: …more than 600 companies have jumped into applying deep learning with real budgets. …about 90 companies (level 3), have made strategic investments in deep learning for their businesses. Another 177 companies (level 2) are developing projects using … Continue reading →

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Where should you put your data scientists?

Posted on May 31, 2016 by GilPress

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