Tips on how to survive during economic uncertainty

Kathy Gibson reports – We are living in tough times, and it’s harder than ever for organisations to thrive today – putting digital transformation squarely in focus. IDC research shows that operational transformation is far away the top priority for...

CEOs cite AI as top disruptive technology

A recent survey of CEOs and senior executives by Gartner has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) was the top technology that CEOs believe will significantly impact their industry over the next three years, cited by 21% of survey respondents. “Generative...

Reimagining Meta’s infrastructure for the AI age

With its AI compute needs set to grow dramatically, Meta has announced custom chips for running AI models and video, a new AI-optimised data centre design, and phase 2 of its 16 000 GPU supercomputer for AI research. Santosh Janardhan, head of infrastructure at Meta,...

Tech giants advancing in generative AI with multi-faceted approach

As the global appetite for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) reaches unprecedented levels, technology behemoths such as Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon are not merely allocating substantial resources to develop novel GenAI models – they are also...

Chinese AI market to top $26bn by 2026

The popularity of generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT has once again set off a wave of AI in the IT industry. Zhenshan Zhong, vice-president of IDC China, says 2023 is expected to be the most exciting year in the world of AI, and the...

ITU targets $100bn to accelerate global digitalisation

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has issued a global appeal looking to increase the value of pledges for digitalising the world from the current $30-billion to $100-billion by 2026. The appeal by the United Nations specialised agency for information and...