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We have seen a very significant surge of interest in AI recently, says Ajay Agrawal, Professor at the University of Toronto. In a video interview, conducted at the GDI conference "The Power of Predictions", he names three reasons for this phenomenon and points out the rising importance of human judgement when working with AI.

Of black swans and warning goats: at the conference "The Power of Predictions", internationally recognised experts discussed the opportunities and risks of AI predictions. A summary.

Reality or fiction? In terms of consumption, this question will soon be irrelevant. We are in the midst of a fundamental change in which the physical components of consumption are increasingly combined with virtual ones: "Entanglement" and “Vireality.”

The predictability boom is about to change the business models of the insurance industry. No need to panic, says Amelia Lorenzo, Head of Market Dynamics & Opportunities at Swiss Re – as long as there are risks in society, there’ll be need for cover.

9 million app users, 18,000 participating businesses in Europe, 11 countries: the "Too Good To Go" success story is second to none. CEO Mette Lykke reveals her secret of success at the GDI Retail Summit from 5 to 6 September 2019 and in this interview.

Netflix knows its users better than any TV station. Huge amounts of data help to optimise the program for each individual. Michelle Ufford shows at the GDI Predictions Conference on 4 June, 2019 how this works.

Wendy Liebmann knows what customers in the USA and South Korea really want. The CEO of New York based consulting firm WSL Strategic Retail gives insights into her latest survey results – here and at the GDI conference "Eternity Now" on 10 May 2019.

The possibilities of radically more accurate predictions through artificial intelligence will also radically change our lives. GDI Head of Research Karin Frick has put forward six theses regarding artificial intelligence.