As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to gain traction across all industries due to its many benefits, it's no surprise that more businesses than ever are investing millions of dollars in this technology. With that kind of capital, you might think success with AI would be inevitable. In fact, a large percentage of AI efforts will likely fail in the near future. Why is that, and how can we change this fact? That's what we set out to find in our whitepaper, Exploring the AI Journey: The Value of the Service Provider.

The healthcare, financial services, and automotive sectors, have started to rely heavily on artificial intelligence (AI) to help employees automate tasks and make decisions, which can save money by improving productivity and efficiency. In fact, research has found that companies that have adopted new AI technology have a significant advantage over companies that have not. According to findings from the MITSloan management review, Over 72% of those surveyed believe that AI will have a significant impact on the technology, media, and telecommuncations industries over the next five years. Here are ten ways that AI can improve your business over various departments. No longer a thing of the future, now companies are using AI in every department in order to save money and time.

As global experts continue to refine the technology behind artificial intelligence (AI), many also continue to debate whether that technology will help--or hurt--human society. For the last few decades, we've seen tons of movies outlining the ways giant, weaponized robots can outsmart humankind--potentially wiping us out altogether. Last year, Hawking went on record saying AI could be the last major event in our history--unless we learn to avoid the risks. But what exactly are those risks? And how can we avoid them?

Today the words "revolutionary" and "disruptive" are more than a little overused when it comes to how we describe technologies in this increasingly digitally-saturated world. One industry where these terms make total and unequivocal sense, though, is healthcare. That's why I've covered topics like what doctors think about tech and patient care and what challenges are associated with healthcare and the IoT because what's happening in this space fascinates me. Today, the focus in healthcare is on AI--and for good reason. Let's explore how AI continues to disrupt the healthcare industry--how AI is redefining healthcare and how, and why China is at the forefront of the revolution.

It seems like only yesterday we were talking about things like mobility and unified communications as tools that could power the enterprise. But this coming year, Gartner's annual Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends predicts newer technologies like artificial intelligence will find an increasing number of real use cases in the business landscape that will make them less of a cool trend and more of a must-have for many businesses. Indeed, it's never really the technology that makes the disruption--it's the people who find new and different ways to use it. And while it's hard to predict how or when those disruptions will erupt in the marketplace, we can definitely take a stab at understanding the technology that will likely back them. For me, it boils down to artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain.

In a recent article for Forbes, my colleague, Daniel Newman, called artificial intelligence (AI) one of the top five digital transformation trends in healthcare--and, like usual, he was onto something. It's no secret that healthcare is becoming increasingly affected by tech; just look at the possibilities surrounding the sensor and device-driven connectedness of the Internet of Things (IoT)). AI isn't far on the IoT's heels in terms of impact--and, if recent investment figures are any indication, it's going to be a close race. When healthcare providers leverage tech to improve patient care, everybody wins. Let's examine how AI is going to revolutionize healthcare as an industry.

If you ask my kids how they search for information on the Internet, they'll look at you like you're from outer space. "Why use the Internet when you can just ask Alexa?!?" Just like that, Generation Z is moving away from Googling what they want to know--and asking AI-powered assistants to find out for them. It's a shift that's been made possible due to huge recent leaps in machine learning and natural language processing (NLP), the technology powering conversational devices like Amazon's Echo and Google Home. Perhaps the coolest part: advancements in conversational AI are just now hitting the tip of the iceberg. It may not be long before Generation Z is turning to its bot assistants for talk therapy and dating advice.

The digital world is constantly changing--a good thing, especially because new advancements and tools are what propel businesses and entire industries (like healthcare) forward. It only works, though, if you're looking not only at what tech is doing now, but what's coming next, too. In this vein, my partner, Daniel Newman, recently brought you five predictions on how blockchain will drive digital transformation and discussed his AI and automation predictions for the future. Today, I'm here to share how 2018 will be the year of AI and insights as a service (IaaS). What can you expect, and what can you do to stay ahead of the curve?

This 12-page analyst reaction to Adobe Document Cloud's "The Future of Work: More than a Machine" explores the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and where it meets the customer head-on in sales and marketing. You may not even know it, but many of the customer service and sales representatives you "speak" to every day are not people at all. They are smart bots and AI-powered tools designed to help businesses meet the increasing demands of customer, and to find even more customers to please. And that's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to AI's power when combined with machine learning and predictive analytics. No matter what industry you're currently working in, there are many ways to use AI and machine learning to your benefit.

Elon Musk, the genius founder of Tesla and SpaceX, recently predicted computers and robots are likely to take over the human workforce, and that the government will need to provide a salary--also known as universal basic income (UBI)--to keep society afloat. While I'm a tech guy and won't proclaim to know the economic rationale behind UBI, I do know this: When Elon Musk speaks, I listen. In fact, Musk is not alone. A recent study from Oxford University estimates that 47 percent of U.S. jobs could be made obsolete in the next two decades as automation and deep learning continue to advance. Even highly technical jobs are in danger of being overtaken by AI.