In today's "Perspectives on Agility" segment, sponsored by AT&T, hosts Brad Smith and Tim Stenovec explore the state of IoT in 2018.
According to the research firm Gartner, IoT device sales increased 31% from 2016 to 2017. At the end of last year there are over 8 billion connected "things" in existence and if you can believe it, that number is expected to climb to over 20 billion by 2020.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
AI is transforming industries and raising ethical questions. UCLA Professor Hal Hershfield discusses "Your Future Self" and AI's impact on psychology and media.
