Rapid advancements in digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) are driving significant change in the Nordic real estate sector and quickening the pace of transition to smart offices, factory buildings and high-street retail spaces. While existing and emerging technologies remain the primary catalyst for change, the real estate industry's transition is heavily motivated by a more robust focus on embracing energy-reduction technology to support the construction of next-generation smart buildings. The broader adoption of AI and digital technologies in smart building design is also influenced by the transformative nature of working practices across the Nordic countries that was triggered by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. In Sweden, the mass return of employees to normal office functions during the first quarter of 2022 coincided with a national multi-sector debate on "workplace wellbeing" that looked at how AI and digital technologies, integrated into building design, could be used to deliver safer and superior environments for all employees. A link between the workplace environment and higher safety measures being demanded by trade unions at employers in Sweden features in a research-based report from real estate group Wihlborgs that was undertaken in partnership with NAVET Analytics and Quilt.AI.

Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Today Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being woven into the digital fabric of our society where it's being used to help companies find top hires, find new vaccines, find untold riches, and even run the odd company here or there. And did I mention AI dictators and politicians? Recently though I've seen an uptick in the use of AI to solve some of the world's grander challenges, such as help governments find new ways to tackle climate change, to develop a digital twin of the entire Earth, and track and predict global chaos. Now though taking some of these ideas another step scientists from the University of Granada, Ferrovial, and the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain, who've highlighted the need for "unified, accessible, and open data sets that help [organisations] develop projects that solve the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)," are trying to use AI to find new ways to help solve some of the world's greatest challenges.

Scientists from the Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence, or DaSCI (University of Granada), together with the private company Ferrovial and the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, highlight the need for unified, accessible, and open data in developing projects to address many of the challenges of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals Scientists from the Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence, or DaSCI (University of Granada), together with the private company Ferrovial and the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering (RAI), have conducted a study to analyse how engineering and technological solutions strongly linked to artificial intelligence (AI) can positively contribute to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN). To protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all people, the UN established these 17 SDGs as part of its 2030 Agenda, which constitute a paradigm shift for companies and governments in the design of new business models and public policies based on sustainability. Governments, the private sector, and civil society all play an important role in achieving the goals. The project, entitled "Engineering as a Facilitator of SDGs: Artificial intelligence and disruptive digital technologies", began in March 2020, focusing specifically on the study of AI and digital technologies and how these might be applied to further progress toward the 17 SDGs. The research is organised into three facets that broadly correspond to (i) an introduction to AI and digital technologies, (ii) analysis of their application to the SDGs, and (iii) recommendations for action that can help develop projects and support the achievement of associated goals.

His most recent book on AI is "Reimagining Businesses with AI." The rise of AI and digital technologies is enabling many capabilities, disrupting several business models and changing the way we live and work. At the same time, this technological shift is also giving rise to many concerns around ethics, privacy, security and the future of humanity. The notion of ethics has evolved. Decisions around right and wrong always depended on human cognition and were guided by popular sentiments and socially acceptable norms.

SINGAPORE: Now that the General Election is over, it is time for Singapore to refocus on the big challenge of creating jobs to tide citizens over a pandemic and double down on digitalisation for the long term. Much has been said about the concerns people have about livelihoods, with suggestions to safeguard and improve the prospects of jobs for Singaporeans. Yet disruption is not new to Singapore. History has witnessed how Singapore has upskilled its workforce through computerisation and automation in the 1980s. Singapore businesses and workers are no strangers to the need to adapt to new technological changes.

Early AI adopters are starting to shift industry profit pools. Companies need strong digital capabilities to compete. The diffusion of a new technology, whether ATMs in banking or radio-frequency identification tags in retailing, typically traces an S-curve. Early on, a few power users bet heavily on the innovation. Then, over time, as more companies rush to embrace the technology and capture the potential gains, the market opportunities for nonadopters dwindle.