Automation to alter jobs landscape in five years: study

Automation to alter jobs landscape in five years: study By 2022, the study said, job roles in the information technology services sector such as voice-based services (call centre agents), data entry operators, document processing, system administrators may be automated. With rising adoption of automation and artificial intelligence, number of low-skilled … Link to Full Article: Automation

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IBM workers report layoffs across several groups, including Watson, analytics, cloud

IBM workers report layoffs across several groups, including Watson, analytics, cloud Some employees say they work in groups receiving special emphasis in CEO Ginni Rometty's rebooting of the company to focus on analytics, Watson artificial intelligence and cloud computing. “From reports I have been getting it seems quite large,” a former IBMer tells WRAL TechWire.

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NAB Show Conference Showcases Machine, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence for …

NAB Show Conference Showcases Machine, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence for … Attendees will learn the current capabilities of neural network-based tools while also seeing the potential of these innovations to alter jobs, workflows and the nature of content itself. The program will begin with the presentation “The Evolution of Content Production Aided by Machine

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NAB Show Conference Showcases Machine, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence for …

NAB Show Conference Showcases Machine, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence for … WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NAB Show will present a new half-day program within the Next-Generation Media Technologies Conference titled “Get Ready for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.” The program, which takes place Tuesday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Las Vegas … Link

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Workers' disrupted future could be quite rosy

Workers' disrupted future could be quite rosy The future of work appears to be quite exciting, even jaw-dropping. According to a recent study by the McKinsey Global Institute, as many as 800 million jobs could be lost to automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics by the year 2030. In Thailand, half of the entire workforce

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Innovation momentum can help shore up jobs lost to automation

Innovation momentum can help shore up jobs lost to automation The new tech revolution promises to bring potentially big gains in productivity and prosperity. Driverless vehicles, blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, the Internet of Things, gene sequencing and biotechnology, advanced batteries for energy storage, drones and 3-D printing … Link to Full Article: Innovation

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Microsoft shuffles the corporate deck as it grapples with a world where the PC does not dominate

Microsoft shuffles the corporate deck as it grapples with a world where the PC does not dominate The cloud unit under Guthrie is also gaining some of the company's artificial intelligence work most closely tied to corporate customers. That division is also taking responsibility for some of Microsoft's virtual-reality and augmented-reality development and products. Microsoft

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