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FTI Consulting Survey Finds Business Resilience Remains Low Despite Persistent Risks
Average Score in the Annual FTI Resilience Barometer Rises Slightly, But 84% of G-20 Companies Expect a Crisis in 2020
Business Leaders Focused on Cybersecurity, Financial Crime and Regulation in 2020
Companies Must Embrace Technology Transformation to Remain Viable and Fight New Threats
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As executives continue to confront cybersecurity, financial crime and regulatory threats in 2020, companies remain largely unprepared for events that can impact revenue, valuation and reputation, according to a new survey released today by FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The FTI Consulting Resilience Barometer 2020, a survey of more than 2,200 executives from private and publicly traded companies across all G-20 countries, measured the preparedness of companies against 18 regulatory, operational, cultural, leadership and technological threats. The survey found the average resilience score rose from 40 out of 100 in 2019 to 43 out of 100 in 2020.
Five of the countries with the top 10 resilience scores (led by India, with a score of 60) were from emerging markets, while the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France and Japan all saw scores decrease year over year.
“Companies across the G-20 face more complex risks from technology transformation, geopolitical tensions and the polarization of the political landscape,” said Kevin Hewitt, Chairman of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) region at FTI Consulting. “The 2020 elections in the United States, the looming UK exit from the EU, cyber-attacks and increasing regulatory actions are just a few examples of challenges we see companies grappling with each day. It is not a matter of if a company will face an inflection point or crisis, but when it will happen — meaning the senior executives and businesses that are most prepared are likely to remain the most resilient, competitive and viable.”
Cybersecurity remains a top concern for most organizations, according to the FTI Consulting Resilience Barometer 2020. Despite cyber-attacks being identified as having the most negative impact on revenue, less than half of all executives surveyed are managing cyber-attacks proactively, and only 10% believe they have no cybersecurity gaps at all. Companies said their largest gaps were in employee awareness, security culture and training (28%), followed by threat monitoring and detection and IT patching and technology stress testing (25%).
The survey also found that 64% of companies experienced a form of financial crime over the past year, with theft and fraud representing 24% of financial crimes identified over the past 12 months. As a result, executives expect to increase their compliance spending by 22% in 2020, with 49% of all respondents saying cybersecurity is the highest priority for investment.
A majority of respondents (81%) expect increased regulation in 2020, compared to 76% in 2019. Executives surveyed are seeing regulatory investigations focused on market dominance or antitrust (71%), financial practices (67%), products and services (66%), and compliance (65%).
However, 72% of executives surveyed said they still needed to improve regulatory safeguards, and 25% said they would have to restrict investment or make major changes to their business models as a result of current or expected regulatory changes. New regulations taking effect in 2020, such as the fifth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive, will place additional importance on continued compliance investments.
Technology transformation will help companies enhance resilience, according to the survey, which found that 68% of senior executives believed they only would remain in business beyond the next five years if they failed to invest in technology. More than half (59%) of executives surveyed said artificial intelligence and machine learning will have the most significant impact on their industries in the next decade, with 81% believing the effect will be positive.
“By their very nature, data-driven technologies can destroy or redefine old boundaries. Building resilience requires new weapons to assess vulnerabilities, protect data across ecosystems and fight against financial crime,” said Caroline Das-Monfrais, a Senior Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer for EMEA at FTI Consulting. “Over half of the companies we surveyed already use artificial intelligence and machine learning to help avoid or prepare for emerging threats. We all have a stake in how these outcomes will impact the global economy, public trust and the future shape of society.”
About the FTI Consulting Resilience Barometer 2020
The FTI Consulting Resilience Barometer 2020 is based on a quantitative survey conducted in November 2019, with 2,276 respondents from companies across all G-20 countries. Each country’s results have been weighted so that each country represents a similar proportion of the total G-20 results. The majority of respondents (74%) were C-suite executives and senior managers from privately owned companies, while 26% were from publicly listed entities. For more information, visit www.ftiresiliencebarometer.com.
About FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. With more than 4,700 employees located in 28 countries, FTI Consulting professionals work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges and make the most of opportunities. The Company generated $2.03 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2018. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter (@FTIConsulting), Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Rainbow Robotics begins pre-orders of Bimanual Mobile Manipulator RB-Y1, the world’s first research platform for AI experts for $80,000 USD
DAEJEON, South Korea, May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Rainbow Robotics(CEO Jungho Lee), a robot platform specialized company, will begin pre-orders for the Bimanual Mobile Manipulator RB-Y1 from May 8.
During the pre-order period, the research platform is sold for $80,000 USD and the commercial platform is sold for $120,000 USD (VAT excluded). Products are scheduled to be delivered sequentially starting in October.
RB-Y1 is a research platform that has both arms with 7 degrees of freedom per arm for smooth movements similar to human movements. It is a humanoid-like robot with a single leg with 6 degrees of freedom on a mobile platform for a wide work radius. The LiDAR system is adopted for autonomous movement, and a high-performance 3D recognition sensor and master ARM are provided as options to increase usability. In line with the recent trend of the AI era, Rainbow Robotics plans to provide various APIs and options so that AI developers can easily utilize them for research purposes.
Recently, various organizations are introducing humanoid robots. However, they are only used for their own purposes and there is no standard platform for various AI robot researchers. Rainbow Robotics’ RB-Y1 is the first to commercially sell such a research platform.
Unlike existing simple industrial robots, a Bimanual Mobile Manipulator is a humanoid robot that uses both arms and is suitable for advanced manufacturing sites and services. It is a next-generation robot platform that can be used for complex assembly, manufacturing, and collaboration beyond existing simple automation processes.
If you would like to pre-order RB-Y1, please contact us through enquiry page or email us at [email protected].
Meanwhile, Rainbow Robotics will participate as a bronze sponsor in the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024), which will be held at Pacifico Yokohama, Japan on May 13.
During the exhibition, various demonstrations will be shown of controlling RB-Y1 with real-time remote operation technology, which links the data arm and simulation system. Additionally, Rainbow Robotics plans to exhibit the small, high-precision collaborative robot RB3-730 and the quadruped robot RBQ-10.
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AgriBusiness Global™ Announces 2024 Event Line-Up: Connecting Crop Input Leaders Worldwide
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — AgriBusiness Global, the premier business source for leaders in the global crop input value chain, is thrilled to announce its lineup of events for 2024. For 37 years, AgriBusiness Global has been the go-to resource for quality, trustworthy information and analysis, leading the industry in providing the next generation of crop solutions covering synthetic crop protection, biologicals, and plant health.
In 2024, AgriBusiness Global will host three events, each designed to connect industry leaders, promote innovation, and drive business growth:
AgriBusiness Global℠ LATAM Conference Date: 14-15 MayLocation: Panama City, Panama
Capitalizing on Emerging Technologies in LATAM
The ABG LATAM Conference will bring together industry experts and influencers to discuss the latest trends and developments in crop protection, plant health, biologicals, and ag technology specific to the Latin American region. The Latin-American market offers new opportunities for business growth and partnerships with leading players in the region. Learn More>
AgriBusiness Global℠ Trade Summit Date: 7-8 AugustLocation: Orlando, Florida, USA
The #1 Global Agribusiness Event- Dedicated to Worldwide Networking and New Business Development
The ABG Trade Summit is the trusted forum for advancing development in the rapidly emerging global crop protection, ag tech, plant health, and biological sectors. Attendees can expect to meet with the world’s leading manufacturers, exporters, trading companies, sellers, formulators, and consultants. Trade Summit facilitates global trade by offering educational sessions, a robust exhibit floor, private meeting rooms, and dedicated networking opportunities for the world market to connect, engage, and build business. Learn More>
AgriBusiness Global℠ SE Asia ConferenceDate: 6-7 NovemberLocation: Jakarta, Indonesia
Empowering Southeast Asia’s AgriBusiness for Global Impact
The ABG Southeast Asia Conference, produced in cooperation with the Indonesian CropCare Association, will showcase cutting-edge technologies and innovations in crop production, addressing the unique challenges and opportunities in the Southeast Asian market. Attendees will gain unique insights to prepare for the future and navigate the present in the rapidly evolving agricultural market. Learn More>
“Our events are dynamic platforms for industry leaders to connect, collaborate, and drive innovation,” said Eric Davis, Group Director at AgriBusiness Global. “We are excited to bring together the brightest minds in the industry to explore new ideas, foster partnerships, and shape the future of agriculture.”
For information about the 2024 events and how to participate, visit AgriBusinessGlobal.com.
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Economic Shifts Ahead as AI Integrates Deeply into Work and Society, Fueling $4.4 Trillion Growth
USA News Group News Commentary
Issued on behalf of Scope AI Corp.
VANCOUVER, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — USA News Group News Commentary – New developments in AI technology are currently changing the face of work, economies, and society as we know it, according to analysts at McKinsey & Company who are projecting generative AI (gen AI) could add $4.4 trillion annually to the global economy. Between January and March of this year alone, the world’s largest cloud-computing giants have collectively invested $40 billion mostly into data centres equipped to deal with growing AI workloads, according to The Economist. The shift is leading experts to witness how AI companies are leading a transition from Software-as-a-Service to Service-as-Software, turning the table on the very essence of SaaS, representing a $4.6 trillion opportunity. A variety of tech companies have recently advanced the integration of AI, providing swift, safe, and cost-effective solutions for businesses to adopt artificial intelligence technology this past week, including: Scope AI Corp. (CSE: SCPE) (OTCQB: SCPCF), Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), and C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE: AI).
The article continued: Seeing the extraordinary speed of AI’s advancements and impacts, combined with surging private- and public-sector demand, is causing regulators in the USA and EU to issue legislation calling for action. Now analysts are trying to determine whether the GenAI boom is setting up to be another bubble, or a legitimate long-term investment opportunity.
SCOPE AI PROVIDES CORPORATE UPDATE
Scope AI Corp. (CSE: SCPE) (OTCQB: SCPCF) (FSE: VN8) (“Scope” or the “Company”) today provided an update on new developments of Scope’s artificial intelligence driven recognition technology called GEM (General Enterprise Machine Learning) system. Built on advanced visual recognition and neural network technology, GEM could advance industries, including Advertising and Gaming, by providing them with new insights and capabilities.
Advertising: GEM aims to enable advertising businesses to personalize ad content based on real-time user behavior analysis. By leveraging visual recognition technology, companies can create highly targeted and engaging ads, maximizing return on ad spend and driving customer engagement to new heights.
Gaming: In the gaming industry, GEM aims to enhance user experiences by customizing gameplay and recommendations. By analyzing player behavior using neural networks, GEM provides customers and developers with invaluable insights with the intention of optimizing game design, increasing user retention, and maximizing revenue potential.
Unveiling Neural Networks: Neural networks are the foundation of GEM’s technology. These complex algorithms mimic the structure and functionality of the human brain, enabling machines to learn from vast amounts of data and make intelligent predictions and decisions. By harnessing the power of neural networks, GEM offers comprehensive capabilities in advanced pattern recognition, data analysis, and decision-making across industries.
“We’re very pleased at how seamless we were able to streamline, enhance, and strengthen our platform with the latest performance and security upgrades made to our infrastructure”, said Sean Prescott, Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Scope AI. “The next generation of our platform will set us apart in the kind and sensitivity of data we can process and store. It’s a potential game-changer for the industry.”
Scope’s GEM platform includes advanced features designed to enhance user experience and security, all while streamlining operations. Built-in customer support and user management modules allow for seamless assistance, while the native referral system fosters user engagement and growth. Along with the full admin suite for comprehensive analysis and reporting, businesses are fully empowered with unparalleled capabilities and insights.
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In other industry developments and happenings in the market this week include:
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META), the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, recently teamed up with the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a massive open dataset to advance AI solutions for carbon capture, a technology with promising potential to address global climate concerns. As per the collaboration, Georgia Tech and Meta say their massive database could potentially make it easier and faster to design and implement new direct air capture technologies.
“The open-source database enabled the team to train an AI model that is orders of magnitude faster than existing chemistry simulations,” said Georgia Tech in a press release. “The project, named OpenDAC, could accelerate climate solutions the planet desperately needs.”
Researchers at Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team were already looking for ways to harness their machine-learning prowess to address climate concerns. They ultimately landed on direct air capture as what they believed to be a promising technology, and immediately reached out to Georgia Tech. FAIR’s lead authors generated the database by running quantum chemistry computations on inputs provided by Georgia Tech’s team, using about 400 million CPU hours along the way, and surpassing several hundreds of times more computing than the average academic computing lab can do in a year.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) through its global Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud system subsidiary recently rolled out its new AI system called Q, which it has dubbed as “the most capable generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant for accelerating software development and leveraging companies’ internal data.”
As well, Amazon also recently launched its Custom Model Import for Bedrock tool, which CEO Andy Jassy called a “sneak big launch as it satisfies a customer request we’ve heard frequently and that nobody has yet met.” The tool allows customers to import custom models they’ve built in Amazon SageMaker into tits Amazon Bedrock platform. Doing so lets enterprises utilize AI investments they’ve already made, while also leveraging Bedrock’s capabilities to scale their models and applications.
“Customers are excited about this, and as more companies find they’re employing a mix of custom-built models along with leveraging existing LLMs,” said Jassey. “The prospect of these two linchpin services in SageMaker and Bedrock working well together is quite appealing.”
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), whose iPhones currently hold the Top 4 (and 5 of the Top 10) best-selling smartphone models by sales, recently reported an all-time revenue record in sales in its most recent financial results. While being seen as potentially late to the game on AI, several reports in recent weeks has suggested that Apple is not only talking to OpenAI and/or Google about powering some of its AI features, it’s also been reportedly spending “millions of dollars a day” training its own AI model, called Ajax.
Now industry experts are saying the iPhone is about to become an “AI phone”, in anticipation of Apple’s upcoming iOS 18. A key anticipated feature of iOS 18 is Apple’s own large language model (LLM), similar to the technology behind AI chatbots like ChatGPT. It’s widely speculated that this Apple-developed LLM will be integrated with Siri, enhancing the capabilities of the iPhone’s digital assistant. As indicated by Bloomberg in late April, it’s suggested that Apple’s LLM will be entirely on-device, meaning the tech will be powered inside by the iPhone’s processor, rather than in the cloud—which may be a bit less powerful and knowledgeable, but with far quicker response times.
C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE: AI), an Enterprise AI application software company, is actively working to enhance the petroleum industry in Houston, through a cooperative effort that allows oil and gas companies to share AI technology and applications with each other. This effort is meant to curb companies from withholding information from competitors, with the goal of collaboration instead.
“We’re building the applications that are, you know, monitoring every device on every offshore oil rig in real time so that they can see with 18 hours in advance before something fails and just shut it down,” said Tom Siebel, CEO of C3.ai. Siebel has explained that AI is at work in oil and gas, diagnosing issues and assisting with maintenance, giving the example of a giant like Shell uses AI to track their half a million valves around the world.
“They can see what’s going on,” said Siebel. “They can predict when a valve is going to be stuck open or closed before it happens, and if one of these valves gets stuck open or closed, things go real bad, real fast, right? And so, they’ve decided to make these applications available to Aramco, Eni, Chevron, Phillips.”
A recent report from Research and Markets predicted that the global AI in oil and gas market is expected to surge to an impressive $5.96 billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 13.3%.
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