AI Is No Longer Hype; It's Here to Stay - DZone AI

"Predictions about technology increasingly become predictions about what disrupts our lives," said Erik van Ommeren, Research Director at Gartner, during this year's edition of DigitalK, one of the biggest technology, entrepreneurship, and marketing events in Southeastern Europe, which took place on June 8-9 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Every session of the event seemed to prove his words while making it clear that the future of technology is already here -- artificial intelligence is no longer a buzzword borrowed from sci-fi movies. It is here to stay and change our everyday lives. Organized by Capital, one of the leading business publications in Bulgaria, and the two venture capital funds, LAUNCHub Ventures and NEVEQ, the conference gathers around 2,500 business and marketing professionals and entrepreneurs from the region every year. Together, they map the impact new technologies will have on various spheres of our lives, from finance and transportation to productivity, culture, entrepreneurship, and education.