Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing to evolve rapidly, so it may be unsurprising that Deloitte's 2022 State of AI report calls out organizations that are still getting up to speed on the technology. It emphasizes how important the technology is becoming and points out that companies late to the game need to do better -- predicting that AI will become critical to business success in the next five years. In the same vein, a look at some of the most notable overarching trends in deep learning reveals that AI's use cases continue to revolve around deep learning's ability to scale. On top of that, other trends like multimodality and unsupervised learning are delivering promising results for the companies that are applying them -- although the technology is still not without its faults. Some of the latest innovations announced in AI came from Nvidia, Oracle and Meta this week.

The concern is so prevalent that new responsible A.I. measures have been floated by federal government, requiring companies to vet for these biases and to run systems past humans to avoid them. Ray Eitel-Porter, managing director and global lead for responsible A.I. at Accenture, outlined during a virtual event hosted by Fortune on Thursday that the tech consulting firm operates around four "pillars" for implementing A.I.: principles and governance, policies and controls, technology and platforms, and culture and training. "The four pillars basically came from our engagement with a number of clients in this area and really recognizing where people are in their journey," he said. "Most of the time now, that's really about how you take your principles and put them into practice." Many companies these days have an A.I. framework.

With talk of artificial intelligence in the enterprise moving from hype to implementation, Deloitte's State of AI 5th Edition research report finds that 94% of business leaders agree that AI is critical to success over the next five years. At the same time, one of the more surprising outcomes is that as AI deployments increase, outcomes are lagging Beena Ammanath, executive director of the global Deloitte AI Institute, told TechRepublic. Although 79% of respondents reported achieving full-scale deployment for three or more types of AI applications--up from 62% last year--the percentage of organizations in the underachiever category (high deployment/low outcomes) rose from 17% last year to 22% this year, the report said. This may be because survey respondents reported varying challenges depending on where they are at in their AI implementation. When starting new AI projects, the top challenge reported was proving AI's business value (37%).

Did you miss a session from MetaBeat 2022? Head over to the on-demand library for all of our featured sessions here. Deloitte released the fifth edition of its State of AI in the Enterprise research report today, which surveyed more than 2,600 global executives on how businesses and industries are deploying and scaling artificial intelligence (AI) projects. Most notably, the Deloitte report found that while AI continues to move tantalizingly closer to the core of the enterprise – 94% of business leaders agree that AI is critical to success over the next five years – for some, outcomes seem to be lagging. For example, 79% percent of respondents reported achieving full-scale deployment for three or more types of AI applications, which is up from 62% last year.

Knowledge has been and will continue to be a key competitive differentiator when it comes to driving organizational performance. The power of people and machines working together offers the greatest opportunity for creating knowledge in human history. However, advanced technologies, new ways of working, and shifts in workforce composition are rendering traditional views of knowledge management obsolete. To capitalize on these changes, many organizations need to redefine how they promote knowledge creation to help maximize human potential at work. The Readiness Gap: Seventy-five percent of surveyed organizations say creating and preserving knowledge across evolving workforces is important or very important for their success over the next 12–18 months, but only 9 percent say they are very ready to address this trend; this represents one of the largest gaps between importance and readiness across this year's trends.

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Learn how your company can create applications to automate tasks and generate further efficiencies through low-code/no-code tools on November 9 at the virtual Low-Code/No-Code Summit. For decades, enterprises have jury-rigged software designed for structured data when trying to solve unstructured, text-based data problems. Although these solutions performed poorly, there was nothing else. Recently, though, machine learning (ML) has improved significantly at understanding natural language. Unsurprisingly, Silicon Valley is in a mad dash to build market-leading offerings for this new opportunity.

Deloitte has acquired SFL Scientific, a leading AI strategy and data science consulting firm. The move is especially interesting as SFL helped NLP-driven CLM company LinkSquares to get to grips with machine learning. In a fascinating blog post for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Michael Luk, chief technology officer at SFL Scientific, wrote: 'LinkSquares built its initial prototype using SQL running on AWS, but it wasn't using any machine learning technology. 'We learned about the team's vision to process terms and language automatically and understood the business pain points. We proposed building a custom machine learning solution to help the team scale and improve accuracy.'

The DIAL program will leverage the university's research in data analytics and artificial intelligence, along with Deloitte's experience in AI-enabled services for clients in the private and public sectors. "The DIAL program enables Smith and Deloitte to continue their critical collaborations at the forefront of cutting-edge research and emerging technology," said Wedad Elmaghraby, dean's professor of operations management, in a statement last week. "This includes partnering with local industry and federal partners to drive innovation for the public good, creatively pushing our students to embrace analytics challenges in new and unexplored areas of importance, and investing in our understanding of ethical, trustworthy artificial intelligence to further its potential promise." "Alongside our longstanding work with the University of Maryland, DIAL will help provide policymakers, industry leaders, researchers and the broader public with a deeper understanding of artificial intelligence," said Darren Schneider, a principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP, in a statement. It will also examine how government agencies can overcome barriers to AI and use this technology to advance diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as administration priorities at the enterprise level.

Deloitte and the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business debuted the Deloitte Initiative for AI and Learning, a collaboration to improve educational and advancement opportunities for students and faculty. The DIAL program will leverage the university's research in data analytics and artificial intelligence, along with Deloitte's experience in AI-enabled services for clients in the private and public sectors. DIAL will build on previous Deloitte and Smith collaborations, such as the Smith Analytics Consortium. "The DIAL program enables Smith and Deloitte to continue their critical collaborations at the forefront of cutting-edge research and emerging technology," said Wedad Elmaghraby, dean's professor of operations management, in a statement last week. "This includes partnering with local industry and federal partners to drive innovation for the public good, creatively pushing our students to embrace analytics challenges in new and unexplored areas of importance, and investing in our understanding of ethical, trustworthy artificial intelligence to further its potential promise."