The new software-defined supply chain

Adaptability is a hallmark of the Electronics industry, with its history of changes ranging from incremental to radical. Traditional manufacturing has shaped worldwide trade flows and built industry structures based on economies of scale, as well as supply chains that are both multi-tiered and global. But today, three new technology revolutions – 3D printing, intelligent robotics and open source electronics – promise unprecedented supply chain upheaval. In this report, we show that these newer technologies will produce an average 23 percent unit cost benefit and reduce entry barriers by an astounding 90 percent. Yet half of our survey sample has no manufacturing strategy to manage the impact of digitization. To compete in this fast-approaching future, companies and governments must understand and prepare for this new software-defined supply chain.

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ETSI Activities in the field of Artificial Intelligence Preparing the implementation of the European AI Act

whitePaper | October 19, 2022

The present White Paper provides information to concerned stakeholders, including SMEs, Industry, Academia, Government Regulation Agencies and others, on the current implementation status of standards potentially suitable for ensuring compliance to the original draft of the AI Act, from an ETSI perspective. The overall set-up within ETSI is discussed and most relevant Technical Committees and Industry Specification Groups and related available deliverables and plans are identified.

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Making AI Inclusive: 4 Guiding Principles for Ethical Engagement

whitePaper | July 20, 2022

The growing diversity of actors and circumstances involved in AI/ML deployment makes establishing a set of ethical participatory practices especially difficult for this field. Even among practitioners working at the same organization, there can be substantial differences in both their knowledge about how AI/ML systems were created or will be used and their ability to incorporate inclusive practices. Additionally, the greater availability of AI development platforms, including “no-code” platforms, means that algorithmic models can be deployed without having deep expertise, expanding the number of circumstances automated systems are deployed in. This means many more instances where automated systems are being deployed without consideration of how the algorithms were developed, the provenance of the datasets and nature of the bias on which they were trained and tested, and the ethical implications of their development and deployment.

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What Businesses with AI in Production Can Teach Those Lagging Behind

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

Businesses are in different stages with their artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Even today, after many years of evaluating AI, only one third of organizations have actually put AI into production (31%1 ). Organizations that started somewhat later are currently prototyping their AI solutions (20%). Companies that only recently came on board with AI are experimenting with AI technologies for their business cases (25%). And a relatively large portion (24%) have only just begun evaluating AI for their business cases.

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Artificial Intelligence & Financial Services

whitePaper | November 29, 2022

Artificial intelligence has long since graduated from science fiction and speculative use cases to widespread and diverse development across fintech sectors. CB Insights reported that financings for AI startups showed continued robust activity through Q2 2022, despite changes in market sentiment from the exuberance of 2021.

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Generative AI and Stable Diffusion Image Generation on the Dell PowerEdge XE9680 Server

whitePaper | June 29, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting many aspects of the business community. ChatGPT and other similar large language models (LLMs) have captured attention for their amazing ability to create human-like prose.1,2 Additionally, generative AI can create visually captivating artistic content, encompassing images, videos, and audio. Langevin diffusion deep learning models are primarily employed to generate this content, with open-source image generation models, such as Stable Diffusion, being the most popular approach.

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An Overview of AI Music Generation and its Potential

whitePaper | July 15, 2022

Today, the use cases for AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning are developing at a remarkable pace. We are beginning to see cases where AI is contributing to society through its implementation in systems and services that are in production and consumer-facing. These include the automation of nuanced decisions that until now could only be made by humans, thereby increasing the profitability of corporations, and increasing customer satisfaction through the personalization of services making them tailored for each user. In addition, important discussions have begun on the adverse effects such AI systems have on humans and the resulting ethical issues they can create.

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