He and his team have played a key part in weaving ML into the very fabric of Workday's underlying platform, which is critical to delivering compelling experiences and outcomes without customers even needing to realize it is there. Earlier in his career, while at a number of Silicon Valley companies, he played a part in making the technology we rely on everyday--GPS, and wifi, for example--so ubiquitous that most of us take these revolutionary technologies for granted. Chakraborty also co-founded and served as chief operating officer at GridCraft, a company that developed simple-to-use data analytics tools that Workday acquired in 2015. Now, as senior vice president of tools and technology at Workday, Chakraborty is responsible for the infrastructure on which our applications are built. In particular, he's leading the charge to make sure that machine learning helps customers make faster, better decisions using all of Workday's products.

After several decades of progress, AI technology is now poised to become a significant source of value for a wide range of businesses. However, companies are not yet realizing the value from AI, according to this study from MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group. This study of more than 2,500 business executives, managers, and analysts from around the world reveals that although executives consider AI to be a critical business opportunity, many leaders are increasingly worried about the strategic risks associated with AI.

After several decades of progress, AI technology is now poised to become a significant source of value for a wide range of businesses. In the 2019 MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Artificial Intelligence Global Executive Study and Research Report, 9 out of 10 respondents agree that AI represents a business opportunity for their company. In addition, a growing number of leaders view AI as not just an opportunity but also a strategic risk: "What if competitors, particularly unencumbered new entrants, figure out AI before we do?" In 2019, 45% perceived some risk from AI, up from an already substantial 37% in 2017. This shift suggests an increasing awareness of and concern with competitors' use of AI.

Bidgely is an AI-powered SaaS Company that enables utilities to create greater business value and accelerate our path towards zero carbon by delivering personalized customer experience. Powered by our unique patented technology, Bidgely's UtilityAI platform transforms multiple dimensions of customer data - such as energy consumption, demographic, and interactions - into deeply accurate and actionable consumer energy insights. We leverage these insights to empower each customer with personalized recommendations, tailored to their individual personality and lifestyle, usage attributes, behavioral patterns, purchase propensity, and beyond. From smart thermostats to EV chargers, solar PVs or personalized / ToU tariffs, UtilityAI recommends new value-added products and services to the right customer at the right time. With roots in Silicon Valley, Bidgely has over 14 energy patents, $50M in funding, retains 30 data scientists, and brings a passion for AI to utilities serving residential customers around the world.

Google is expected to unveil a new Pixel phone with an updated camera and an emphasis on artificial intelligence features. Google has already announced many details of the Pixel 4, including motion-sensing technology that allows users to skip songs or turn off alarms with just the wave of a hand. Google has an event scheduled in New York on Tuesday. Google's Pixel phones and other hardware products haven't been big moneymakers. But they offer ways for Google to promote its services and drive advertising revenue.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) Microsoft is working in El Paso to educate students and businesses about computer science. Microsoft's President compares artificial intelligence to the impact the combustion engine had years ago. "Over the next three decades artificial intelligence will probably have a bigger impact on our lives than any other single technology," said Brad Smith the President of Microsoft. Microsoft is helping companies in both Juarez and El Paso grow and learn about technology to be competitive in a global market. Microsoft says the younger generation needs to be taught about artificial intelligence and the older generation must adapt.

Bidgely CEO and Co-founder Abhay Gupta will deliver a keynote address at the inaugural Utility Analytics Institute Leadership Forum happening during Utility Analytics Week 2019, which will be held in Phoenix, Ariz., from October 21-25, 2019. Joined by top Bidgely executives in attendance, Gupta will highlight at the Leadership Forum how artificial intelligence (AI) can help utilities understand each consumer in depth to create a personalized energy experience during his keynote on October 22 at 9am local time, titled "Utility AI - Transitioning the Utility Business Model from Kilowatts to Kilobytes." This press release features multimedia. "Explanatory AI for the energy industry has become critical for empowering utilities to drive a hyper-personalized customer journey - guiding customers from engagement to experience to trust in their utility as a transformational digital brand," said Bidgely CEO Abhay Gupta. "Utility Analytics Week promises to be a powerful event for driving forward utilities into the next data-driven industrial revolution and placing them in the center of the new energy universe for consumers."

Artificial intelligence has the potential to better patient care while creating cost-efficiencies that would be impossible without it. But it could also worsen racial disparities, have profit outweighing patient care, or simply lead to mistakes that a human wouldn't make. In other news at the intersection of health care and technology: video games, virtual reality for nursing home patients and ways to identify bacteria's genetic makeup. Artificial intelligence can make diagnoses from digitized images such as mammograms and diabetic retinal scans. More sophisticated interventions might also be possible someday: algorithms that guide robots through surgery, for example, or even help restore motor control in paralyzed patients.

Before Google moves to bring its human-sounding robot calling service Duplex to help users automate their interactions with businesses to international markets, an Indian giant is deploying its own solution to get a jumpstart on the local market. Reliance Jio today unveiled AI-powered Video Call Assistant service that will allow businesses to automate their customer support and other communications. The service, built in collaboration with Radisys, a U.S.-based subsidiary of Reliance Industries, can be accessed via a 4G phone call and does not require installation of any additional app, Jio said. Executives of Reliance Jio demonstrated the technology on Monday at the third installment of Indian Mobile Congress, similar to but not affiliated with the trade show Mobile World Congress. They said they have already courted a number of customers for this service, including HDFC Bank.

You might already have what's often called a "smart home," with your lights or music connected to voice-controlled technology such as Alexa or Siri. But when researchers talk about smart homes, we usually mean technologies that use artificial intelligence to learn your habits and automatically adjust your home in response to them. Perhaps the most obvious example of this are thermostats that learn when you are likely to be home and what temperature you prefer, and adjust themselves accordingly without you needing to change the settings. My colleagues and I are interested in how this kind of true smart home technology could help people with dementia. We hope it could learn to recognize the different domestic activities a dementia sufferer carries out throughout the day and help them with each one.