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Automation can lead to job fulfillment - at least it does at BBVA Compass

Tristan Grimble — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:55:33 +0000

BBVA Compass is far from experiencing an AI takeover of the sort Wikipedia describes, but teams from around the bank, including Mortgage, Finance and Compliance, have discovered the power and efficiency of automation.

Word Soup: Defining Robotic Process Automation, Intelligent Automation and Artificial Intelligence

Tristan Grimble — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:54:55 +0000

With the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications across industries, there has been understandable confusion around associated terms, including Robotic Process Automation, Intelligent Automation and even AI itself.

Embedding automation and artificial intelligence into culture

Tristan Grimble — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 21:10:19 +0000

Gesturing to the mint colored typewriter on the table, BBVA US Director of Risk Technology and Productivity Amory Booher said, “Technology has a lifecycle with a start and end date. For instance, the computer changed how we interacted with typewriters. Similarly, artificial intelligence and cognitive capabilities are changing how we interact with computers. We don’t know if these technological advancements will be as significant as going from the typewriter to the computer, but it’s incumbent on us to understand how these technologies are being applied so we can use them to make our lives better.”

The World’s Biggest Fintech Competition launches for its tenth year

Blanca González del Fresno — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 06:00:22 +0000

BBVA Open Talent, the world’s biggest fintech competition, will this year mark its tenth anniversary by working with more start-ups than ever before. Find out more and register for Open Talent 2018 here.

The responsible use of data and algorithms

carpema — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:56:59 +0000

As we have seen in previous articles, the intelligent use of data, with the right talent and the pertinent business strategies for applying creative solutions, can provide insights that help solve a whole gamut of problems and take on board new opportunities. Data places within our grasp an enhanced decision-making ability and a deeper understanding of our clients and what they need. But as in the case of any other tool, these new skills can be put to positive or not so positive use, whether intentionally or not.

Emerging Technologies: What will the world be like in 2030?

Miriam Iglesias Otero — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:40:55 +0000

For decades, human beings have used technology to make day-to-day life simpler and more comfortable. Science has evolved and become more sophisticated in meeting our concrete needs in a more precise manner. The entertainment sector has also benefited from technological advances, by incorporating virtual reality into immersion experiences.

What would Aristotle say about artificial intelligence?

Santiago Romero — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:20:11 +0000

Probably the first thing the philosopher would do would be to create a strategy to explore it. Just like when he designed a user's manual for the human mind with Logic or when he developed a method of thinking critically to examine metaphysics. Aristotles “tried to show that all things in nature belong to certain groups and subgroups,” writes Jonstein Gaarder in Sophie’s World. But first, he counted up the tools he had for this task.

The wearables industry seeks to widen its appeal

No utilizar — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:50:21 +0000

Wearables manufacturers are changing their focus from fitness and health, to improving user productivity and connectivity. That´s the great challenge facing a business whose size is expected to double between 2017 and 2021.

Dictators, androids and natural disasters: the world of today, as seen in futuristic films

Marta Torres Briegas — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:00:20 +0000

The Italian director Ettore Scola once said that movies are a painted mirror. Dramas, comedies and adventures of all kinds have been presented on the big screen for decades. But the imagination of film directors when creating science fiction has taken them even further, to a once-distant future that we’ve finally reached. Many screenplays were written about the present we now live in, but how accurate were their predictions?

Eleven Twitter accounts you must follow for the latest news on artificial intelligence

No utilizar — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 01:30:26 +0000

Artificial intelligence has political, social, economic, military and even philosophical implications. And Twitter provides some good insight on them. Here are eleven key accounts that must be followed in order to understand how machines are learning to think in an increasingly complex way.