TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says workplace development is crucial in the new industrial revolution A Davos morning-after sinking feeling hangs over individuals who were not on the guest list. We’re talking about a company’s workforce urgently needing digital training and guidance to survive an era of downsizing, outsourcing and general workplace instability. Not that your […]
AI adoption means understanding the risks
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says boards are being encouraged to hire ‘ethicists’ to oversee the dangers and benefits of new tools Businesses fully expect an uncertain year ahead. Confused by conflicting reports about the benefits, or otherwise, of artificial intelligence they’re being urged to embrace a brand new role by hiring an “AI ethicist” at […]
Logan’s laptop order running late
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE asks if the government’s digital plan is being held back Scotland’s Gen Alphas, numbering between 750,000 and a touch short of a million, will not be getting their free laptops for the third year running, according to reports which cannot make easy reading for the country’s digital tzar Mark Logan. Logan, the government’s […]
How the CIO can be your thought leader
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says the chief information officer is playing a lead role in digital transformation The chief information officer (CIO) has emerged as the go-to executive leadership role in an increasingly hyperconnected world that is not without its commercial challenges. Connectivity can be found in pretty well every aspect of a business, affecting an entire […]
Keeping AI detection on right side of the law
TECH TALK: Police use of artificial intelligence is on the rise but is not without its pitfalls, says BILL MAGEE The UK’s long-arm-of-the-law has been much under the spotlight lately. What’s hardly been reported is how digitally-generated artificial Intelligence (AI) systems threaten to negatively impact on the tacit long-standing reputation and very foundations of what we […]