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Top AI trends in 2024: Transforming business across industries
AppinventivWith technology evolving at a breakneck speed, many companies are finding it difficult to keep up with rapid developments in AI. Integrating AI into existing business operations is a complex challenge requiring significant investment in infrastructure and specialised talent.
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Tech Trends 2025
DeloitteTwo years after generative AI staked its claim as the free space on everyone’s buzzword-bingo cards, you’d be forgiven for imagining that the future of technology is more AI. That’s only part of the story, though and we propose that the future of technology isn’t so much about more AI as it is about ubiquitous...
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The AI revolution is running out of data. What can researchers do?
Nicola Jones, NatureThe Internet is a vast ocean of human knowledge but AI researchers have nearly sucked it dry. The past decade of explosive improvement in AI has been driven in large part by making neural networks bigger and training them on ever-more data. This scaling has proved surprisingly effective at making large language...
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AI Is Testing the Limits of Corporate Governance
Roberto Tallarita, Harvard Business ReviewThe boardroom war at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has put a spotlight on the role of corporate governance in AI safety. Few doubt AI is going to be disruptive for society, and governments are beginning to devise regulatory strategies to control its social cost.
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governance
The Strategic Power of Hope
Jamil Zaki, Harvard Business ReviewNegativity attracts attention and is often equated with intelligence, so it’s no surprise leaders feel they need to focus on what might go wrong. That kind of defensive posture can be helpful, in but it can narrow your focus and make it hard for you to recognise opportunities.
leadership communications
Summary: Centre for Corporate Public Affairs’ AI and Corporate Affairs executive education module
Wayne Burns, The Centre for Corporate Public AffairsAI has rapidly evolved from simple algorithms to complex neural networks, significantly impacting various sectors. AI technologies, particularly...
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Building AI trust: The key role of explainability
Carlo Giovine, Roger Roberts, Mara Pometti and Medha Bankhwal, McKinsey & CompanyTo capture the full potential value of AI, organisations need to build trust. Trust, in fact, is the foundation for adoption of AI-powered products and services. After all, if customers or employees lack trust in the outputs of AI systems, they won’t use them.
This conundrum has raised the need for enhanced...
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WEGA Gender Equality Scorecard 2023-2024
Workplace Gender Equality AgencyGender equality is clearly on the agenda in Australian workplaces. 90 per cent of employers have a policy or strategy to support gender equality in the workplace. More employers are seeking to reduce their gender pay gaps and improve gender equality in their organisations, including in workforce composition,...
corporate responsibility
workplace
What are AI guardrails?
McKinsey & CompanyWith the advent of generative AI (gen AI), the concept of guardrails applies to systems designed to ensure that a company’s AI tools, especially large language models (LLMs), work in alignment with organisational standards, policies, and values.
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To become a better presenter, look inward
Deborah Grayson Riegel, Harvard Business ReviewIt’s much easier to change and improve how we communicate when we understand why we speak and behave the way we do. That’s why the most effective presenters and communicators often have a strong sense of their identities and a level of self-awareness acquired through reflecting on their beliefs, attitudes, and...
communication