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This episode addresses the potential of AI within the legal industry. MMC's Asen Kostadinov goes 'Beyond The Hype' with Christopher Grant, Head of Law Tech Innovation at Barclays Eagle Labs, and Rafie Faruq, CEO and co-founder of Genie AI - a legal tech company that is leading the way by deploying AI techniques to assist contract drafting and analysis. Asen, Chris and Rafie discuss the latest trends in legal tech, building and sustaining effective AI capability and the potential for Covid-19 to accelerate the pace of innovation in the legal space.
If we are going to transition to a more circular economy, we need a smarter approach to recycling. MMC's Dele Akinyemi goes 'Beyond The Hype' with Victor Dewulf and Peter Hedley, co-founders of Recycleye (an MMC portfolio company that is deploying the latest computer vision technology to revolutionise waste recycling). This discussion covers a lot - from the key trends in the waste management industry and how Covid-19 is catalysing major shifts to the role of machine learning in reducing the waste that ends up in landfill.
How is AI transforming the manufacturing industry today? MMC Partner Simon Menashy goes 'Beyond The Hype' with Senseye, an MMC portfolio company that has developed a market leading predictive maintenance product. Rob Russell, CTO and co-founder, discusses how he left a multi-decade career in aerospace engineering to launch Senseye, why predictive maintenance is one of the 'killer apps' for AI in manufacturing and how Senseye has built market-leading AI capabilities.
What is quantum computing? How will it impact AI? When? In our series finale we go 'Beyond The Hype' with Ilyas Khan KSG, CEO and Co-Founder of Cambridge Quantum Computing. Enjoy a fascinating, accessible introduction to the emerging frontier of quantum computing and quantum-enabled AI. Quantum computing is progressing faster than people realise and will reshape AI, technology and our conception of the possible. Tune in to learn about tomorrow's 'quantum leap' today.
Why does AI differ from previous technology revolutions? Has adoption of AI moved beyond the 'innovators' to become mainstream? What's different about IBM's Watson AI platform and how will it evolve? Join us as we go 'Beyond The Hype' with Rob High, Chief Technology Officer of IBM Watson, as he discusses the paradigm shift to AI, IBM's vision for AI and how AI technology will surprise us in the decade ahead.
How does AI work? When does AI break down? Will artificial neural networks start to resemble biological neural networks (animals' brains)? We go 'Beyond The Hype' with Dr. Janet Bastiman, who provides an accessible introduction to the workings, limits and future of AI technology. Tune in for everything you wanted to know about AI technology but were afraid to ask. Dr. Bastiman also shares her secrets for building successful AI products, recruiting AI teams and managing AI developers.
How can today's leading companies survive, and thrive, in the age of AI? We go 'Beyond The Hype' with Barclays, a bank serving half the UK population. Get twice the insight as we speak with Barclays' Steven Roberts (Strategic Transformation Director) and Rob Otter (Head of Machine Learning). How can executives better understand AI? How can companies develop an AI strategy and attract talent? Should capability be built or bought? And how will AI impact banking in the decade ahead?
How can AI put accessible, affordable healthcare into the hands of every person on Earth? We go 'Beyond The Hype' with Dr. Ali Parsa, Founder and CEO of Babylon Health. As Babylon develops cutting-edge AI for medical diagnosis, Ali describes the opportunities, challenges and implications of reinventing a $10 trillion industry using AI. With Babylon valued at over $200m, Ali also provides an entrepreneur's perspective on how to build a world-class AI company. How can organisations recruit top AI talent? How can startups sell to the NHS? What personal characteristics are key for entrepreneurial success?
What impact will AI have in the decade ahead? What's most misunderstood about AI? As AI enters the 'plateau of reality', how can companies take advantage? We go 'Beyond The Hype' with Dr. Joseph Sirosh, the global leader of Microsoft's Cloud AI Platform and enterprise AI strategy. Joseph describes how AI will drive a 'Cambrian Acceleration' in software, how Microsoft's AI platform will democratise AI and evolve in the years ahead, the next paradigm shift in human-computer interaction…and what might be the next big disruptor after AI.
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