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• The effect of AI on employment is less certain, but the World Economic Forum estimates that while AI will replace 85 million jobs around the world between 2020 and 2025, it will also create 97 million jobs, primarily in areas such as big data, machine learning, and digital marketing. Dataversity
• Walmart's use of big data demonstrates the immense power and potential of data analytics in transforming the retail industry. Robots.net
• General Electric's Predix platform uses big data analytics to predict maintenance needs for locomotives and optimize their performance. Metro Rail News
• Big Data: The volume of healthcare data is expected to grow 100-fold by 2025, making big data analytics crucial for extracting insights and improving healthcare outcomes. Wovenware
• Using the power of machine learning, UK-based scientists have pointed toward the potential of big data in antimicrobial resistance surveillance in livestock production in China. .foodingredientsfirst.com/
• AI and Machine Learning in PMO Efficiency: Gartner predicts that by 2030, 80% of project management tasks will leverage AI, big data, machine learning, and natural language processing. Planisware
• According to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2023, more than 75% of organizations plan to adopt technologies such as big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence over the next five years. Raconteur
• If Europe is serious about wanting 75% of EU enterprises to take up cloud computing services, big data, and artificial intelligence by 2030, it should seek to expand - not decrease - the offer of cloud technologies in Europe. Disruptive Competition Project
• AI and big data play a key role in framing public discourse during elections, and the technology will undoubtedly affect the 2024 United States presidential race. INSEAD Knowledge
• The new Bristol facility will be used by a wide range of organizations from across the UK to harness the power of AI, which is already the main driver of emerging technologies such as training large language models, big data and robotics. University of Bristol
• Emerging technologies such as AI, Big Data, and Blockchain bring opportunities to accelerate the achievement of the UN SDGs. International Telecommunications Union
• The new multi-million-pound Bristol facility will be used by a wide range of organisations from across the UK to harness the power of AI, which is already the main driver of emerging technologies like big data and robotics. University of Bristol
• The future global economy will be defined by the technologies of the energy transition, advanced electronics like semiconductor chips, and innovations of the 4th industrial revolution, namely artificial intelligence, big data etc. IOL
• Society 5.0 envisions a world where cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and big data converge to create a human-centric society. Transport Times
• In Vietnam, Big Data and Data Analytics ranked 1st in the information technology category that will receive more capital from the state budget in 2023 and take the 2nd largest proportion in annual information technology investment (after Cloud). VietnamPlus
• Mariner USV, a first of its kind drone to be deployed in Antarctica by krill oil specialist Aker BioMarine, will optimize krill fishing and contribute to reducing emissions using big data. Nutraceuticals World
• The UK project will draw on big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to develop digital tools that could be used not just to support people living with dementia, but also potentially to contribute to the national data infrastructure of the UK. Pharmaphorum
• The integration of AI and big data analytics has the potential to revolutionise healthcare delivery and enhance patient outcomes on a global scale. eHealth Magazine
• In the Middle East and North Africa, the change in core skills will be 43%, lower than the global average, and companies are prioritizing analytical thinking, creative thinking and AI and big data for reskilling and upskilling workers. Arab News
• By 2025, 70% of organizations will shift their focus from big data to small and wide data (i.e., using fewer and more diverse data sources to drive insights). World Wide Technology
• The telecom skills body esimates that by 2025, 22 million workers will need to upgrade their abilities to keep up with industry demands due to technologies like IoT, AI, machine learning, big data, cloud computing, and robotic process automation. Voice&Data

Last updated: 11 February 2024