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EDITOR’S NOTE

rtificial intelligence is poised to
unleash the next wave of digital
Adisruption, and companies should
prepare for it now. We already see real-
life benefits for a few early adopting
firms, making it more urgent than ever
for others to accelerate their digital
transformations. Our findings focus on
five AI technology systems: robotics and
autonomous vehicles, computer vision,
language, virtual agents, and machine
learning, which includes deep learning and
underpins many recent advances in the
other AI technologies.

AI’s dependence on a digital foundation
and the fact that it often must be trained
on unique data mean that there are no
shortcuts for firms. Companies cannot
delay advancing their digital journeys,
including AI. Early adopters are already
creating competitive advantages, and the
gap with the laggards looks set to grow.
A successful program requires firms
to address many elements of a digital
and analytics transformation: identify
Artificial the business case, set up the right data

ecosystem, build or buy appropriate AI
Intelligence: tools, and adapt workflow processes,
capabilities, and culture. In particular, our

The Next Digital survey shows that leadership from the top,
management and technical capabilities,
and seamless data access are key enablers.
Frontier?