Category: Sculpting

‘Data is the new oil’ – there is now a continuous stream of articles on how data is the new resource, but should be rephrased as ‘correct, relevant and complete data is the new oil’. While it doesn’t have the catchiness of the first, it draws attention to what is at stake because, as a corollary, false/incorrect data can be a drain on resources.

Now that AI is here to stay and proliferate, the question has turned to its adoption, almost inevitably getting posed in terms of size of companies, with, as you would expect, ‘surveys’ by leading consulting companies, who stand to gain in this evolving environment. Those who have followed the birth and growth of the internet and web-based applications and software will recall that this question was asked then, in the early 2000s. however, there is an inconclusive collage of views

A once in four years change (the change in the US Presidency) has unleashed changes, some firm and some inchoate. There will be some short-term and some long-term changes, as well as because of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Defence expenditure, and energy security will dominate national and regional discussions. Renewable energy and nuclear energy (and therefore uranium enriching capacity, currently highly skewed) will see major changes.