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AI and Conscious Culture Event – 25th February 2021
Combined Minds - Free online event Masters in Minds and Combined Intelligence have joined forces to co-host a free online event called “Combined Minds” and we’d like to invite you to join us! What is the event about? Combined Minds brings together the technology...
The Benefits and Pitfalls of Intelligent Process Automation – Part 1 of 2
Intelligent Processes Automation (IPA) has the potential to transform how an organisation operates, delivering multiple benefits to the organisation, its customers, suppliers and partners. Here we consider these potential benefits and the pitfalls that cause organisations to fail to achieve these benefits at scale.
Intelligent Process Automation – Part 2 of 3
This is the 2nd of a 3-part blog on Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), written by our CEO Dr Steve Sheppard. Part 1 focussed on setting the right expectation for automation across the organisation, finding good opportunities and then prioritising. This part 2 covers intelligent design, implementation, delivery, optimisation and maintenance. Part 3 covers the use of artificial intelligence with process automation.
Intelligent Technologies and Covid-19
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has generated widespread impacts on all aspects of our lives. It is currently unclear how the global economy and businesses will transition along the three stages of recovery (survive, revive, thrive) as we move to take control of the...
AI Advisor – We Need to Talk about AI – Film Documentary
Announcing that the film documentary called "WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AI" is Internationally released today and that our very own Prof Andy Pardoe, was one of the AI advisors to the director Leanne Pooley and the production team. He is in very good company, with other...
A Robust Digital Workplace – Keeping Productive during the COVID-19 Crisis
COVID-19 is a crisis on many levels from the health of nations to the stability of the world economy. While the immediate concerns are around reducing the spread of the virus, the financial and mental health impacts are only starting to become transparent. While...
COVID-19 and how AI can help the healthcare sector during times of crisis
The application of artificial intelligence within the healthcare industry has been relatively common for decades, with many PhD students applying machine learning techniques to various medical diagnostic tasks, but these have just been studies and typically not...
Intelligent Process Automation – Part 1 of 3
This is the first of a 3-part blog on Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), written by our CEO Dr Steve Sheppard. Intelligent Process Automation brings together the fields of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). It also highlights the importance of doing process automation intelligently. Both aspects of IPA are covered within this blog series.
How to prioritise where to use AI
We often get asked where to use AI. This is both a very easy but also a very difficult question to answer. The simple answer to the question is that you can use AI across the organisation, in all departments, front-office and back-office, from customer engagement to...