Globally, businesses and governments saw 2018 as the breakout year for AI, with venture capitalists pushing 47% more investment in 2018 into AI businesses in the UK alone. With many real-world applications beginning to use this technology in 2018, it may finally be the case that 2019 is the year that AI goes beyond the hype. AI’s global power struggleGovernments around the world have been taking a keen interest in staying ahead of the AI curve. This has created what experts are describing as an “AI arms race,” a geographical technology tug-of-war, with nations vying for AI supremacy. If 2018 was the year AI went beyond the hype, 2019 needs to be the year we prove on its delivery, ensuring that all the bold claims made around AI come to fruition.

Source: Forbes January 24, 2019 11:15 UTC