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Interview: Holland & Barrett CDO preparing a Michelin star-worthy data strategy

8 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, automation, business continuity, chatbot, ChatGPT, Computer, data science, digital transformation, e-commerce, machine learning, Meta, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

Restaurants with three Michelin stars represent the pinnacle of fine dining.  In the UK, The Fat Duck by Heston Blumenthal, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, Core by Clare Smyth and The Waterside Inn in Bray are among the establishments in that illustrious bracket. And next up: the wellness products and services retailer, Holland & Barrett.…

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Will AI wipe out entry-level jobs?

8 minutes of reading / AI, automation, ChatGPT, data science, digital transformation, machine learning, Microsoft, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has become the latest to add his voice to a cacophony of warnings that artificial intelligence (AI) is eliminating entry-level jobs. A recent report by job search engine Adzuna indicated that vacancies for graduate jobs, apprenticeships, internships and junior jobs with no degree requirement had dropped 32% since the launch of…

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Interview: Differentiating with AI in pet care

7 minutes of reading / AI, API, Azure, data privacy, data science, digital transformation, e-commerce, Google, internet of things, software engineering, Tech / By

Over the past year, Kate Balingit has been leading the digital health initiative at Mars Pet Nutrition, reporting to the company’s Petcare chief information officer, where she is focused on commercialising and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) through the Mars pet nutrition brands. These include well-known pet foods brands such as Pedigree, Iams, Sheba and Whiskas.…

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Interview: Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim

8 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, API, Atlassian, AWS, Azure, ChatGPT, Cloud, data science, Google, Jira, Kubernetes, machine learning, Microsoft, quantum computing, Tech / By

Markus Schümmelfeder has spent more than a decade looking for ways to help biopharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim exploit digital and data. He joined the company in February 2014 as corporate vice-president in IT and became CIO in April 2018. “It was a natural evolution,” he says. “Over time, you see what can be done as…

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Why SLMs could be a big deal for businesses looking for an edge

8 minutes of reading / AI, automation, chatbot, compliance, data privacy, data science, edge computing, internet of things, MacBook, open source, Tech / By

CIOs have been under immense pressure for some time to deliver successful digital initiatives while navigating budget constraints and increasing demands from senior executives. A recent Gartner survey reveals that 92% of CIOs anticipate integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their organisations by 2025, yet 49% struggle to assess and showcase the technology’s value. Are we…

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Baltic skills programme to help reduce European skills gap via Africa

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IT professionals in Africa are being connected to tech businesses in the Baltic region as part of a European Commission-funded project. Through a focus on people with skills, the Digital Explorers programme aims to address skills shortages in the Baltic tech sector and increase more business and government engagement between the Baltic nations and African…

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Interview: Digital tech fuels AutoTrader’s drive into the future

6 minutes of reading / agile, AI, API, ChatGPT, Computer, data science, digital transformation, e-commerce, machine learning, Tech / By

AutoTrader’s team of tech staff is driving the company forward amid the lightning pace of digital transformation, with a technology enthusiast in the business’s driving seat. The company, which is today a digital marketplace for buying and selling cars, published its last magazine in 2013. It is now drilling into the latest technologies to make…

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Big data and Google BigQuery improve cancer drug development by detecting bacteria

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Developing new drugs is risky and expensive. Creating a new drug and bringing it to clinical trials can cost billions of pounds, with no guarantees of success. And sometimes a drug can fail to meet expectations during a clinical trial in one part of the world, even though it was effective in another. One reason…

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From front to back: tech vice-president Dan Lake on Notonthehighstreet.com’s tech strategy

8 minutes of reading / AI, API, data analytics, data science, e-commerce, Google, microservices, Tech / By

The big news from online marketplace Notonthehighstreet.com (NOTHS) in the build-up to peak trading is its new partnership with delivery platform Deliveroo, announced in September. NOTHS is one of the early wave of non-food-specific retail businesses partnering with Deliveroo to add speedy fulfilment options to their offering. Screwfix led the charge in 2023, and others…

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Scientists demonstrate Pixelator deepfake image verification tool

3 minutes of reading / AI, data science, Git, GitHub, Tech / By

A team of data scientists at York St John University have unveiled a cutting-edge tool designed to spot and alert people to deepfake images being used to spread misinformation and other cyber nasties. Created with support from colleagues at the University of Essex and developers at Colchester-based Nosh Technologies, the Pixelator v2 tool uses a…

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