GITEX 2018: AI strategy tips from Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Internet of Business

Sooraj Shah reports from Gitex Technology Week 2018 in Dubai on the lessons that some of technology's biggest names have learned from implementing artificial intelligence. Representatives from Google, LinkedIn and Microsoft took part in a panel discussion at GITEX 2018, the biggest technology conference in the United Arab Emirates, this week – and it was clear from the discussion that they are all betting big on AI. LinkedIn, the social network that was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2 billion, may not be the first name that springs to mind when it comes to artificial intelligence. However, according to Igor Perisic, chief data officer (CDO) at the network, "AI is like oxygen for [its] product. "Without it, we wouldn't be where we are.