Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence published its 2022 AI Index Report. The report evaluates the rate of AI research, development, and technical performance. It also highlights ethics in AI, with a new chapter on fairness and bias. (Report)

Co-founder of Metamind and former AI lead at Salesforce, Richard Socher, shares a decade of insights on doing AI at startups vs. enterprise companies, and how new machine learning techniques can empower companies to build advanced products with a fraction of the resources they would have needed in the past. (Interview)

Despite rising investments in AI by today’s enterprises, trust in insights delivered by AI can be a hit or a miss with the C-suite. Are executives just resisting a new technology, or is their hesitancy rooted in something deeper? A look at why humans still need to be in the decision loop for the near future. (Article)

“Spending on AI in the U.S. will grow to $120 billion by 2025. The U.S. also accounts for more than half of all AI spending worldwide.” – IDC

“While nearly everyone would accept the premise about the connection between decisions and results, few companies look systematically at what gets in the way of good decision-making and execution. And few take the actions necessary to improve how they make and execute their important decisions.” – Bain & Company

Where are the best points to speed up decision-making in your organization, and where does AI fit into that process?

Highlight: Your entire team can help shape model decision-making. With Apres, anyone can share their insights at any point, from rows and columns to data points and other findings, combining all learnings that could impact model results.

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