SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2018 Predictions: A Forward Look at AI, Machine Learning and Digital Assistants : @VMblog

Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2018. In 2017, the rapid growth and uptake of machine learning within enterprise software was impressive to say the least, with adoption accelerating in speed from initial research to implementation. Even as machine learning was predicted by many to be impactful this year, the speed of innovation is what was surprising. As we move into 2018, we will continue to see rapid growth in machine learning and AI as well as bigger investments in big data and analytics, with voice-activated digital assistants surfacing as a core user front-end for these technologies. IDC says that by 2019, 40 percent of digital transformation initiatives will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) services.