Having served on the board of directors of a university hospital for eight years while serving as mayor of a US community of nearly ninety-thousand, I have a unique perspective on the importance of making healthcare more accessible, efficient, reliable, and affordable. As an educator, I have also had the privilege of teaching on the topic of emerging technologies. Now, as a technologist and "futurist" (titled so by IBM), I work with leading technology companies to share my insights. This post is sponsored by AT&T Business but the opinions are my own and don't necessarily represent AT&T Business's positions or strategies. The challenge for public and private healthcare is making medical care more accessible, efficient, reliable, and affordable.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we work across industries. From back-office finance departments to front-facing customer support, AI's power lies in its ability to discover and introduce efficiencies. In unison with human experts, its potential knows no bounds. This is exactly where Sidney Madison Prescott, global head of intelligent automation at Spotify, and her team of engineers and solution architects come in. In our TELUS International Studios interview with Prescott, she explains how her team seeks out Spotify's most mundane, repetitive tasks with the express purpose of establishing new efficiencies.

NatWest Markets announced today a partnership with Enterprise AI platform, Dataiku in a bid to enhance customer experience with the latter's self-service analytics and machine learning. The collaboration also aims to bring new efficiencies across trade execution and drive business solutions for analysts. The bank is expected to utilise Dataiku's' centralised data platform for fueling collaboration between its technical and front office users. "We made a decision to accelerate our AI journey by democratising machine learning and data science across our investment banking division," said Oliver Cooke, Chief Digital Officer at NatWest Markets. "This allows us to enable users with different skill levels to undertake machine learning and advanced analytics in a governed, automated and scalable manner. With Dataiku, we can now use data-driven insight to help our corporate and institutional customers manage their financing and risk management needs."

Artificial Intelligence is now a part of our normal lives. We are surrounded by this technology from automatic parking systems, smart sensors for taking spectacular photos, and personal assistance. Similarly, Artificial Intelligence in education is being felt, and the traditional methods are changing drastically. The academic world is becoming more convenient and personalized thanks to the numerous applications of AI for education. This has changed the way people learn since educational materials are becoming accessible to all through smart devices and computers.

In this special guest feature, Matthew C. King, IIoT Solutions Expert, FogHorn Systems, discusses how edge machine learning combines two hot industry trends – moving industrial internet of things (IIoT) compute to the edge of the network and the ability to model new efficiencies in industrial assets. But what do these two trends mean and what can they do together? Matt develops new innovative solutions in emerging technology spaces. He is responsible for evangelizing, designing and assuring success in new technologies, working closely with partners and flagship customers to define these categories. Matt brings over five years of technology experience to FogHorn Systems.