Tag: Artificial intelligence

By Bjorn Biel M. Beltran, Special Features Writer In fast-changing times, it is the responsibility of leaders and visionaries to redefine what it means to contribute...

By Adrian Paul B. Conoza, Special Features Writer Changes in the workplace have been more imminent than before with the arrival of new technologies and a...

The global economy is undergoing disruptive changes prompted by the emergence and adoption of technologies such as mobile and cloud computing, cryptocurrency, the Internet...

With many industries being transformed through technology, the insurance sector is following suit as well. The insurance industry is going beyond the traditional means...

Artificial intelligence solutions for your corporate challenges

In the ever-competitive Philippine accounting scene, Isla Lipana & Co. enjoys a level of prestige that is hard to rival. Its inspiring longevity has...

By Mark Louis F. Ferrolino, Special Features Writer The local finance and accounting industry continues to thrive on the back of the country’s growing economy and...

FOUR MONTHS ago, Christie’s said it held the first-ever auction of art created by artificial intelligence (AI). The $432,500 sale sparked a controversy among critics over whether it’s really AI-generated if a human was involved in making the portrait.

Tech advice from the president of Microsoft Asia.

Bridging the local skill gap with new mentorship program.

UPS’ Chris Buono on how to future-proof your firm.

How Zhang Yiming succeeded where Google could not.

IBM expert weighs in on banking’s new tech and new competitors.

MORE AND MORE industries are facing disruption as digital technologies continue to evolve. Traditional business models are crumbling, and transformation is prevalent in the...

The company that brought you milk chocolate, Maggi instant noodles and Rocky Road ice cream is worried about your health. Nestle SA, the world’s largest...

Platform companies and online marketplaces are the biggest competition faced by banks today, an industry expert from IBM said. If they plan on surviving, players need to look beyond banking to keep profits afloat.

KPMG, one of the world’s biggest professional services firms, argues that disruption — which is often portrayed as something “that is coming” — is...

SenseTime Group Ltd. has raised $620 million at a valuation of more than $4.5 billion just months after scoring a similar amount from investors...

Last May 18, BusinessWorld, the most read and most respected business newspaper in the Philippines, triumphantly staged the third edition of its annual BusinessWorld...

By Bjorn Biel M. Beltran, Special Features Writer The fourth industrial revolution is heralding a world of rapidly transforming business landscapes. Across all industries, from media...

By Mark Louis F. Ferrolino, Special Features Writer In a trajectory of rapid improvements, buoyed by disruptive technologies, consumers are becoming more demanding and discriminating. Emerging...

HONG KONG -- With no shop workers or cash tills and payments made using facial recognition, China’s largest e-commerce platform Alibaba created a fully automated wine store at Hong Kong’s Vinexpo fair on Tuesday.

By Janina C. Lim, Reporter A Silicon Valley-based tech start-up is set to sign a contract with a major business process outsourcing player in the...

REGULATORS are beginning to teach robots who’s the boss. After spending billions of dollars on cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies, Europe’s banks and insurers face tougher...

THE VISION of an all-knowing, omni-present intelligent being that forms the backbone of our everyday lives has been portrayed in movies that captivate the...

By Gilbert Camasura, AFPM president and CEO, Asia Select Inc. Imagine waking up one day when everything in the world is automated. Individuals go about...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) defines business process outsourcing (BPO) as the “delegation of service-type business processes to a third-party service provider.”...

By Gilbert Camasura, AFPM, President, Asia Select, Inc. ​Imagine waking up one day when everything in the world is automated. Individuals go about their business...

GOOGLE introduced new products and technology upgrades at its annual developer conference on Tuesday that showed the internet giant lagging behind Apple, Inc. and...

By Janina C. Lim, Reporter Telco firms said a marketing platform powered by artificial intelligence helped improve their business decisions, in turn, boosting their revenues and performance...

It’s better to be prepared after all.

Digital technology is revolutionizing the real estate business everywhere, forcing industry players to rethink their ways of doing business and make necessary adjustments. And...

By Leonid Bershidsky Bloomberg View NECTOME promises to preserve the brains of terminally ill people in order to turn them into computer simulations -- at some...

Parkway Cancer Centre in Singapore’s Dr. Richard Quek talks about cancer immunotherapy Cancer is one of the greatest causes of health burden all over the world....

By Mira Catherine B. Gloria, Online Managing Editor LAS VEGAS — At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Lenovo showed off its latest PC arsenal,...

Enterprise software provider Infor is keen on growing its footprint in the Philippines as it ramps up its global strategy on cloud computing and...

LAS VEGAS — Machine learning and deep learning —  two subsets of artificial intelligence —  hogged the limelight at the recent Amazon Web Services (AWS)...

TOKYO -- Japan’s Sony Corp. said on Wednesday it has brought back AIBO more than a decade since it last made the robotic dog,...

LAGUNA BEACH, US -- Intel chief Brian Krzanich said Tuesday his company is working on a super-fast chip designed specifically for artificial intelligence (AI). The...

CUSTOMER SERVICE providers (CSPs) are not able to meet expectations when they resort to artificial intelligence (AI), including chatbots, a software and services company...

IN IBM Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty’s vision of the near future, all businesses will need artificial intelligence (AI) to succeed, but software and...

Robotic Process Automation or ‘RPA’ has taken the market by storm since its inception. The adoption of new and technologically advanced ways of working...

WASHINGTON -- Your next doctor could very well be a bot. And bots, or automated programs, are likely to play a key role in...