Weekly Brief: The Superpower of Humans Plus AI

Weekly Brief: The Superpower of Humans Plus AI

Rich Lesser, BCG Chief Executive Officer

At BCG, we’ve been writing for the past couple of years about the opportunity ahead to build “bionic companies”: organizations that combine what technology does best and what people do best, for outcomes far above what either can achieve alone. Our team of data scientists at BCG GAMMA has been working at the frontier of AI, and some of their most exciting recent projects have put the theory of the bionic...

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WOC and Earth Summit AI and Technology for Ocean Good

WOC and Earth Summit AI and Technology for Ocean Good

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVENT: TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR AND PROTECT THE OCEAN

WOC Partners with AI Earth Summit Event Session re Technology to Monitor and Protect Oceans and Coastal Communities

12 April 2021

The AI LA’s Earth Summit is an annual event convening a diverse range of voices to discuss the future of sustainability and ways in which AI can be used to make an impact – including on the future of the ocean.

The 2021 AI LA Earth Summit Ocean...

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Adopting full scale of AI data analysis technology for environmental load reduction

Adopting full scale of AI data analysis technology for environmental load reduction
〜 Confirmed high accuracy on ship performance evaluation〜

Data Analyzing by AI

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) has decided to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed by Bearing, Inc. (Note 1) for the ship ICT system “Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions” (Note 2) on 300+ ships under our operation for the purpose of improving performance evaluation accuracy. By combining the high-quality data...

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The Embassy of Greece in London introduces important and innovative digital services facilitating Greeks in the UK when addressing the Consular Office

The Embassy of Greece in London introduces important and innovative digital services facilitating Greeks in the UK when addressing the Consular Office

The Embassy of Greece in London has introduced three important and innovative digital services to facilitate the Greeks in the UK when addressing the Consular Office:

A)        The internationally used appointment booking platform SuperSass

B)        MyConsulLive platform for serving citizens remotely via video calls

C)        Virtual Assistant...

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AI-powered ship operation support system developed by Swedish consortium

AI-powered ship operation support system developed by Swedish consortium

Mikael Laurin

A group of Swedish technology entrepreneurs and academics have joined forces to accelerate the research and development of an AI-based, semi-autonomous system for planning and executing more energy efficient sea voyages.

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN: DECEMBER 9, 2020: Swedish ship propulsion optimization experts, Lean Marine areleading a ground-breaking research and development project to accelerate the technological...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/12/09/ai-powered-ship-operation-support-system-developed-by-swedish-consortium/

Practical problems of Scottish independence, In conversation with Patrick Harker

Practical problems of Scottish independence, In conversation with Patrick Harker

Monday 5 October 2020   –   Vol.11 Ed.41.1

Commentary: Practicalities of Scottish secession

By Philip Rycroft in London

Any view of the future of the UK must comprehend the possibility of independence for Scotland within the next decade. There has been much debate about the implications of secession for Scotland itself. Not so much has been said about what it all might mean for the rest of the UK. The practical...

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BCG – Weekly Brief: Ensuring AI Lives Up to Your Values

BCG – Weekly Brief: Ensuring AI Lives Up to Your Values

To BCG’s network around the world,

Artificial intelligence holds enormous promise for all stakeholders: better performance for companies and superior and more personalized products and services for customers. For many businesses, it’s a capability that has only grown in importance since the pandemic began.

But we’ve seen serious downsides, too. For example, there have been equity issues in AI algorithms used for housing and mortgage offers,...

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Powerful banks should give up resistance to banking union, Governing artificial intelligence in finance

Powerful banks should give up resistance to banking union, Governing artificial intelligence in finance

Monday 20 July 2020   –   Vol. 11  Ed.30.1

Commentary: Powerful banks should give up resistance to banking union

By John Orchard and David Marsh in London

Germany’s auditing regulator is investigating financial watchdog BaFin for failure to act over now-bankrupt Wirecard. Regulatory shortcomings are one factor behind repeated setbacks among Germany’s fragmented and unprofitable banks. Germany’s...

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LLamasoft Acquires Opex Analytics Forming Applied AI Powerhouse

LLamasoft Acquires Opex Analytics Forming Applied AI Powerhouse

Combined Company to Transform Enterprise Decision Making by Applying the Power of AI

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – October 22, 2019 –  LLamasoft, the leading provider of enterprise supply chain design and decision-making solutions, announced it acquired Opex Analytics LLC, a Chicago-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to Fortune 500 companies. The acquisition, backed by TPG Capital, Goldman Sachs, and MK Capital, creates a...

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