In the busy market of buzzwords, technology convergence doesn’t have a place, at least not yet. Maybe, what may come out of the conjunction of these two words isn’t yet that apparent to the human mind. What our reality makes obvious is that technology, notably the one based on bits, …
Necessity being the mother of (re)invention, the COVID-19 pandemic is both a start and stop button of lockdowns and the trigger for an (almost) dramatic acceleration of digital transformation. We’ve witnessed major changes in the way we work, particularly with the generalisation, at least momentaneous, of home-based work. However, other …
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do all the things humans do better, faster, and more reliably. That’s a bold statement. Because it seems that the next wave of Fintech is aiming to sweep humans out of financial services and who knows out of what else. One reads endless articles imagining dystopian …
The future of AI is here. Once the realm of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) is now not only a fact of science but a fact in our daily lives. It’s certainly an inescapable subject in the business agenda. With a global market projected to reach $70 billion by 2020, …
The hype cycle of emerging technologies (see the pic below) may challenge Victor Hugo’s famous quote. “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come”, he stated. Three years ago, Fintech was a ubiquitous, almost exhausting subject. When we asked our digital intelligence platform about the evolution of …
Playing is always good, especially this time of the year. Last week our blog post was a memory game highlighting the most conspicuous facts that kept us busy in 2018. More than the GDPR fog before May 25, or the new VAT Grouping regime voted in July, there was an …
Some weeks ago, we had the opportunity to exchange views on what the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) means to business and society, threats and advantages, and the value it’s already bringing to us. The scenario couldn’t be better: Anand Rao, our global AI leader, visited Crystal Park and shared …
In an increasingly digital world, businesses need fast and more efficient software. Clients demand real-time services and chatbots, a type of robot, seem to be a viable solution. Likely, our childhood fantasies pictured mighty robots whose sense of justice overcame the often weak human willingness to play by the rules, …
As stakeholders ask for meaningful insights in their audit report, smart machines give us the potential to redefine the audit profession. Technology will not only change how we perform audits but also how we allocate human resources. The question is: can we automate everything and remove the human touch? Audit …
No sector or business is in any way immune from the impact of Artificial Intelligence. Global GDP will actually be 14% higher in 2030 as a result of it. This makes it the biggest commercial opportunity in today’s fast changing economy. We examined the real value of AI for your …
