Technology is advancing every day, and it's disrupting industries from retail to manufacturing to insurance. It has become increasingly apparent that AI, blockchain and machine learning have the power to transform the future of business and the way people work and live. These new technologies are already being applied in the insurance industry. Some insurance companies are using AI and machine learning to automate certain parts of the claims handling process and improve customer service. Blockchain is being used to detect fraud and prevent risk. As these technologies become more widespread, the insurance industry will become more efficient, accurate and secure.

Researchers at Mt. Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine in New York at have a unique collaborator in the hospital: Their in-house artificial intelligence system, known as Deep Patient. The researchers taught Deep Patient to predict risk factors for 78 different diseases by feeding it electronic health records from 700,000 patients. Doctors now turn to the system to aid in diagnoses. While not a person, Deep Patient is more than just a program. Like other advanced AI systems, it learns, makes autonomous decisions, and has grown from a technological tool to a partner, coordinating and collaborating with humans.

TECHNOLOGY is here, now, and it's changing the world around us faster than ever before. C-suite executives, manager, and executives are trying to understand what the world will look like in the near future and how to tailor their business and strategies to keep ahead of the curve. Accenture, through its new Technology Vision 2018 report, attempts to bring clarity and provide some direction to the industry. Here's what they have to say about the trends that are shaping life, society, and business: Citizen AI, extended reality, data veracity, frictionless business, and the Internet of Thinking are five new technology trends that companies can leverage to build intelligent enterprises and create new opportunities for themselves. The consulting giant insists that AI is more than a program, that it's becoming a citizen and must be'raised' responsibly – calling it Citizen AI to make it more human-like.

Artificial intelligence is everywhere, growing in its reach throughout society. Businesses need to capitalize on AI's potential to stay in the game. As AI continues to rapidly evolve, it's becoming a partner among people, with unprecedented access and impact on the ways people work and live. Deploying AI is now about more than training it to perform a given task. It's about "raising" it to act as a responsible representative of the business, and a contributing member of society.

AI has become one of the great, meaningless buzzwords of our time. In this video, the Chief Data Scientist of Dun and Bradstreet explains AI in clear business terms. How do you improve the way people work and live? Accenture's Technology Vision 2018 report tackles this question by highlighting trends and rapid advancements in technologies that are improving the way people work and live. The report highlights a need for a fundamental shift in leadership that is required to cultivate partnerships with customers and business partners, and to further accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence as the fuel for enterprises to grow and deliver social impact.