Advancements in technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence are growing in the workplace – to the benefit of employees who are able to work more efficiently and intelligently than ever before. Dr. Davide Zilli, Director of Client Services at Mind Foundry, in a guest post explains how these tools are helping reduce time-consuming tasks, freeing up human expertise to be used where it is most effective. We categorize the University of Oxford Spin-out in the future of work category – especially with regards to the democratization of AI. Machine learning is designed to take over the manual and repetitive processes, enabling employees to focus on the more rewarding results of model building and analyzing data. This is exactly where the right tools can help staff members focus on what they really want to do – getting their teeth into meaningful data.