Decoding the 7 traits of companies achieving success with AI

whitePaper | June 28, 2022

Questions touching on AI ethics and fairness are becoming more mainstream. In recent years we have seen greater public consciousness of what was once a relatively obscure academic issue. This includes the close attention paid to the use of an algorithm to determine 2020 A-levels by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (or “Ofqual”).

whitePaper | November 24, 2022

High-profile examples of harm associated with algorithm failure and misuse have garnered significant public concern (e.g. manipulation of the democratic process, discriminatory practice in criminal justice sentencing, and bias against racial and gender categories in the labour market). The field of AI ethics refers to the literature and to the community of people interested in this space. One high-profile manifestation of this is the formation of specialist ethics councils and teams to deliberate on conundrums regarding the use, access and openness of platforms and technologies (such as social media and messaging apps, etc.). For instance, the banning of particular public figures as well as lay users for use of the services in a manner that is not acceptable has been a constant theme in the public debate.

whitePaper | December 22, 2022

Contact centres are often viewed as cost drivers rather than business drivers. This is understandable, when you consider that differentiation efforts in this space have often struggled to be sustainable from a cost or staffing perspective. Figuring out the formula of investment to increased income is helped when you have an experienced guide to shorten your journey. Read on to get the benefit of our two companies’ experience, multiplied by hundreds of clients.

whitePaper | January 28, 2022

Since more and more decisions that used to be made by humans are nowadays made either with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or by AI alone, it is essential that the AI algorithms are “fair.” In this whitepaper, we discuss issues surrounding the fairness of AI applications, with a special focus on how it can be assessed independently and subsequently certified. We explain why an AI application cannot be classified – and subsequently certified – as “fair” or “unfair” in a general sense and propose an approach that makes it possible to classify it as “fair” or “unfair” under the (application)-specific definition of fairness.

whitePaper | November 3, 2022

At Land O’Lakes, a member-owned cooperative agribusiness, farmers are using data and artificial intelligence to make smarter decisions. Over the past 30 years, corn farmers have used advances in bioengineering, chemicals, and analytics to boost their average yields by 50%, from 120 to 180 bushels per acre. T

whitePaper | March 1, 2020

The lucrative business of banks selling their customers “financial advice” coupled with financial products has been in the spotlight recently with the events that have shaken up the banking and financial services world. The most notable ones are the investigations of the Royal Commissions into the misconduct of the banking and superannuation industry1 , the misconduct charges of £264 billion fined by EU on the top 20 banks2 , the Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal3 and the nearly 1000 cases of fraud reported to FINRA resulting in a fine of $61 Million in 20184 .