Unlike traditional cloud platforms, neoclouds provide the processing power, low latency and bandwidth requirements AI infrastructure needs.Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto/YanawutThis article is part of:Centre for AI ExcellenceNeoclouds are cloud-based graphics processing unit (GPU) platforms optimized for the power, latency and bandwidth requirements of mo...
AI is already transforming how boards govern.Image: Snowing/UnsplashArtificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how boards govern by changing how directors make decisions and what effective governance requires.Directors need to prepare as AI reshapes the data boards receive, decisions they oversee and decisions that the technology makes on their company&#...
Global Lighthouse Network manufacturers show why successful AI adoption starts with people.Image: Getty Images/iStockphotoThis article is part of:Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply ChainsThree in four industrial jobs are expected to evolve over the next decade, requiring workers to exercise greater judgement and oversee AI-enabled systems.Leading...
Asia-Pacific is the foundation of global industrial output – and how it operates is changing.Image: REUTERS/Thanh HueThis article is part of:Centre for Nature and ClimateIndustrial competitiveness increasingly depends on deploying coordinated low carbon industrial systems rather than isolated technologies.Demand creation, regional industrial ecosystems an...
The pathway for many young people from skills to sustainable opportunity remains incomplete.Image: Getty Images/iStockphotoThis article is part of:Centre for the New Economy and SocietyNo matter what training they do, young job-seekers can always be limited by the wider economic environment they interact with.Young people in fragile and conflict-affected s...
A livelihood is not a role. It is a sustained capacity to generate value, dignity and security over time, for a person, their family and their society.Image: Simon L/UnsplashTraditional job reskilling frameworks are failing to keep pace with rapid AI-driven market disruption.Replacing human workers with AI actively erodes critical institutional knowledge a...
A digital inclusion social bond could help MSMEs access much needed digital finance.Image: REUTERS/Mansi ThapliyalA $500 million issuance of the world’s first digital inclusion social bond is creating a new model in which private capital can be used to expand digital financial access in emerging markets.While access to digital services supports jobs, fina...
Voluntary turnover costs US businesses roughly $1 trillion per year – and 42% of those who quit say their employer could have prevented it.The top reasons frontline workers leave – inadequate pay, no path to advancement, not feeling valued – are all within an employer's power to address.Five organizations across healthcare, hospitality and education...
Public-private partnerships can help diffuse more emerging technologiesImage: World Economic Forum/Pascal BiThis article is part of:Annual Meeting of the New ChampionsCapital investment is concentrated in a narrow set of technologies, with non-AI fields typically underfunded, hindering their ability to scale and fulfil their potential.Greater diffusion of ...
Including human oversight with automation makes for a more resilient operationImage: EricssonThis article is part of:Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply ChainsAutomating the repetitive parts of production while retaining human judgment and real-time decision-making creates a more resilient operation.Combining human flexibility with machine efficie...
