The Decline of the Roughneck: How AI and Automation are Transforming the Oilfield Industry
The roughneck is slowly disappearing from the oilfield as AI and automation take over Picture an oilfield. Chances are you see a greasy drilling rig surrounded by a group of equally greased-up and grizzled oilmen, moving heavy equipment in a dangerous and labor-intensive environment. Not these days. The coverall-adorned roughnecks of yesteryear today are now […]
Nvidia’s $3,500 AI “Brain” Poised to Launch What Jensen Huang Describes as the Ultimate Era of AI
Nvidia’s new $3,500 AI ‘brain’ could give rise to what Jensen Huang calls the final phase of AI When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered the keynote address at the company’s annual GTC conference in March, he outlined the “four waves” of the AI revolution: perception AI was the first wave, which started about 10 years […]
The $7 Billion Embedded Finance Opportunity in B2B Sector
B2B’s $7 Billion Embedded Finance Opportunity There’s a multitrillion-dollar opportunity that’s rewriting the B2B playbook, and it starts with two words: embedded finance. The consumer payments buzzword is steadily making headway into the B2B space, and it is beginning to drive real change for buyers and suppliers across sectors by integrating payment processing and financing […]
Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs) predict that the future of HR entails adopting technology and transitioning into strategic contributors
CHROs say the future of HR involves embracing tech and becoming strategic players There’s no doubt about it: HR is going through some major transformations. CHROs are rising to prominence, executive are thinking about the function differently, and AI is fundamentally changing the way practitioners do their work. Tomorrow is unwritten, but a recent survey […]
Dockworkers Temporarily End Strike, Yet Automation Job Dispute Persists as a Decades-Long Issue
The dockworkers’ strike ends for now—but the fight over automating jobs continues, as it has for decades Dockworkers across the East Coast and Gulf ports went on strike this week, picketing against the threat that automated technologies such as driverless trucks pose to their livelihood. After a three-day walkout, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and […]