Artificial intelligence

• [New] One of the biggest headlines in AI recently has been DeepMind's neural network system that predicts how proteins fold in three dimensions given only the sequences of their chemical links, or amino acids.
• [New] Over the course of the next five years, an AI system will autonomously control machines that could potentially cause injury or death.
• [New] Within five years, more than half of leaders in the manufacturing and utilities sector expect artificial intelligence to be controlling high-value assets such as industrial plants, equipment, and machines.
• [New] We will see interesting value propositions from AI and mobility technology startups related to continue through 2021 supported by people and autonomous deliveries of parcels, parcels and even groceries to households and businesses.
• [New] We will see interesting value propositions from AI and mobility tech startups continue into 2021, related to human-assisted and autonomous deliveries for parcels, packages, and even food to homes and businesses.
• [New] By the end of 2024, 75% of enterprises will operationalize AI, driving a 5 x increase in streaming data and analytics infrastructures.
• [New] More than 90% of the UK workforce will have to be upskilled or retrained by 2030 to be equipped for greater automation in the workplace, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
• [New] In 2021 will see a new-generation of digital technologies, including Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and cloud computing being applied to the agriculture industry - from the production process to retail.
• [New] Microsoft will help us accelerate the commercialization of Cruise's all-electric self-driving vehicles and help GM realize even more benefits from cloud computing as we launch 30 new electric vehicles globally by 2025 and create new businesses and services to drive growth.
• [New] GM will work with Microsoft as its preferred public cloud provider to accelerate its digitization initiatives, including collaboration, storage, artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities.
• [New] Edge computing could revolutionize the security industry in the months ahead, stating that there's a good chance that edge computing could put AI everywhere.
• [New] Two-fifths of IT leaders believe AI will replace their role by 2030, with the cloud security firms predicting that remote and cloud-based systems will be targeted ruthlessly in 2021.
• [New] The CRM-integrated with AI is expected to increase the global business revenues to $1.1 trillion by the end of the year.
• [New] 32% of 500 IT leaders polled believe AI will replace all cybersecurity roles by 2030, and that 19% say attackers using AI will be commonplace by 2025, especially focusing on home networks as a critical launch pad to compromising corporate IT and IoT networks.
• [New] Attackers using AI to enhance their goals would be commonplace by 2025.
• [New] Attackers using AI to enhance their arsenal would be commonplace by 2025.
• [New] The rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how advances in AI will affect what it means to be human, to be productive, and to exercise free will.
• [New] AI enabling cybersecurity with the efficient gears to analyze, understand, and prevent cybercrimes, will make it the new hot sensation of 2021.
• [New] The Federal Highway Administration is awarding $49.6 million to 10 projects to develop intelligent transportation systems that will boost street safety, relieve congestion, and enhance vehicle connectivity as well as provide support for autonomous vehicle tech.
• [New] The worrying use of artificial intelligence in EU militarisation has been revealed in a study that looks into how AI and autonomous armament are laying the ground for future conflicts that will threaten peace in Europe and beyond.
• [New] Marketers are seeing an increase of 27% in active use of AI technology in their marketing programs and expect to see an increase of 59% in the usage of AI in the next few years.
• Much like the way DevOps has given structure to the way applications are deployed, ModelOps will reach a tipping point in 2021 as a way for mainstream businesses to better develop and operationalize their AI models.

Last updated: 24 January 2021