From May 2024: a look at AI software vendors targeting the enterprise; the enterprise AI development stack; emerging GenAI use cases; eight key GenAI capabilities enterprises are investing in; and more.
Mallek Aminullah highlights the importance of cognitive automation in helping define a clear innovation direction in organizations overwhelmed by information overload. AI's analytical capabilities, fused with human expertise, can help navigate ambiguity, fostering strategic decision-making and innovation.
As AI transforms traditional corporate innovation, it's shifting focus from human management to engineering, says Jan Beránek, CEO at U+. In this Pointers piece, he delves into how AI-driven automation will prompt organizations to rethink their strategies and embrace technical advancements.
FutureFoundry's CEO & Co-Founder, Jacob Dutton, encourages corporate innovators to think of AI in terms of tools to understand de-risk the development of customer solutions. This Thought Leadership piece is part of our Pointers report, AI, People, and Corporate Innovation.
Rubén Mancha, Babson College Associate Professor of Information Systems, explains how generative AI is not only evolving but also redefining roles within organizations. He emphasizes the necessity for companies to revise their innovation strategies and workforce training to harness this technology effectively and sustain competitive advantage.
As AI reshapes the corporate landscape, leaders must innovate beyond maintaining operations, says Jake Miller of Engineered Innovation Group. This piece explores how embracing AI unlocks growth, urging companies to adapt and experiment to remain competitive.
The majority of corporate innovation leaders and teams have begun to experiment with generative AI – and realize its potential. This webcast featured Jan Beránek, Group CEO of U+ and Founder of FifthRow, discussing how generative AI is already dramatically transforming corporate innovation.
AT&T’s AI policy, created in 2021 and updated in 2023, applies to both employees and third-parties that might be involved in creating or using AI solutions. The document explains specific requirements for using GenAI, and outlines a number of principles to which the parties must adhere.
Customer relationship management firm Salesforce has deployed AI throughout its product set, and has codified a set of five “Trusted AI Principles” that are embedded in the business.
This 26-page PDF is a fascinating document, as it outlines the United States' Department of Defense approach to improving organizational readiness to deploy AI. It explains the intended outcomes of using AI, the DoD’s approach to agile, and then explains what capabilities are needed for what purposes.
The $57 billion technology company has published more than most companies related to AI. First, it published a document outlining its six principles for responsible AI. Then, the company unveiled a more detailed AI framework that is intended to be applied to the development and use of AI by Cisco....
The $47 billion British telecom Vodafone published an excellent seven-page AI framework in 2019 that explained how the company intended to develop and employ AI technologies.
$58 billion pharma company Pfizer published a two-page “policy paper” that provided some greater detail than the three “Responsible AI Principles” that is has communicated publicly. The policy paper outlines the company’s position on AI development, use, regulation, governance, transparency, privacy, training, and other matters.
While not a policy, per se, InnoLead members might be interested in seeing Cigna’s publicly-posted “approach” to ethical AI. The brief statement from the $195 billion healthcare insurer disclosed that is has an AI Center of Enablement that governs AI “guardrails, systemic controls and processes” and ensures the responsible use...
This three-page document explains how employees are supposed to categorize the risk of particular AI solutions, and offers a list of 11 sample questions on topics from cyber security to health and safety (i.e., “Is there a risk to the health or safety of individuals, posed by use of the...
The $371 billion healthcare giant UHG included a new “responsible AI” policy in its 2022 sustainability report. The AI policy, while just a simple one-pager, includes details on governance, an internal ML Review Board, and outlined key components, and referenced an internal “Responsible Use of AI” program that was established...
Weighing in at 27-pages, the Microsoft AI Standard explains the operationalization of six AI principles related to accountability, transparency, fairness, and other topics.
Like Adobe and other software firms that have incorporated GenAI into their core products, digital design tool Canva has unveiled special Terms of Use that govern their AI products.
As GenAI makes its way into product offerings, companies are providing addendums to their Terms of Use that coverage GenAI user guidelines. $19 billion software company Adobe, for example, has published a bulleted list of new guidelines that govern the use of Adobe’s GenAI features.
From the description: "Engage with business leadership and stakeholders to promote the AI vision, facilitate the design of processes for AI integration, champion AI initiatives across the organization, secure support, and drive adoption and change management."