"Nineteen per cent of organisations are not using AI at all, and 54 per cent are still limited to trials, evaluations, and proof of concepts." Nash Palaniswamy, General Manager, AI and HPC Solutions, Intel, said at the opening keynote of Intel AI Summit 2020, highlighting just how much of an opportunity and value there still is for AI to deliver value to a wide range of enterprises in every sector. Intel is helping organisations realise the value of AI across ecosystem, software and hardware solutions, Palaniswamy added. Intel's AI solutions encompass five key areas: Intel has developed this approach to AI based on its vision of AI that will become ubiquitous soon. Intel's Exascale for Everyone vision, introduced by Raja Koduri, Chief Architect, Senior Vice President of Architecture, Graphis & Software, Intel, in The Path To AI Everywhere keynote, is built on the premise that there will soon be 100 billion intelligent connected devices, and the drive towards that milestone is doubling the compute demands worldwide every 3.4 months.

"We've spent a decade building up a sturdy data foundation which is the basis for AI efforts, and when the pandemic hit, we were able to move quickly," Ms. Deskus said. Intel is also using AI algorithms to identify problems with employees working remotely and for optimizing inventory throughout its supply chain, as the pandemic caused manufacturing disruptions in China, Ms. Deskus said. The Morning Download delivers daily insights and news on business technology from the CIO Journal team. By the end of 2024, 75% of organizations experimenting with AI today are expected to shift from testing AI algorithms to fully deploying them in business operations, according to a June report from technology research firm Gartner Inc. That is partly because AI provides companies with critical predictions that can drive revenue growth and reduce cost and risk, according to Gartner.

Digital transformation is not the latest industry catchphrase. It's a movement--a significant shift in how companies operate, compete, and grow, according to Archie Deskus, who was appointed Senior Vice President and CIO of Intel, the US chip maker, early this year. Deskus reminds us that a corporation is a living organism; it must continue to shed its skin. Methods, focus and values, all have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation.