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Crossing the frontier: How to apply AI for impact

Crossing the frontier: How to apply AI for impact

Cut through the noise around artificial intelligence with this collection of our latest thinking on where and how best to use AI in your organization.

Articles in this collection

Report - McKinsey Global Institute

How artificial intelligence can deliver real value to companies
– Companies new to the space can learn a great deal from early adopters who have invested billions into AI and are now beginning... to reap a range of benefits.
Discussion Paper - McKinsey Global Institute

Notes from the AI frontier: Applications and value of deep learning
– An analysis of more than 400 use cases across 19 industries and nine business functions highlights the broad use and significant... economic potential of advanced AI techniques.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly

What AI can and can’t do (yet) for your business
– Artificial intelligence is a moving target. Here’s how to take better aim.
Article - Harvard Business Review

How to make AI work for your business
– A survey of more than 3,000 executives sheds light on how businesses are using AI, offering lessons for CEOs, as we explain in... this article for Harvard Business Review.
Article

Ten red flags signaling your analytics program will fail
– Struggling to become analytics-driven? One or more of these issues is likely what’s holding your organization back.
Article

Breaking away: The secrets to scaling analytics
– A handful of the world’s companies have cracked the code on embedding analytics into every layer of their organizations.
Article - Harvard Business Review

Analytics translator: The new must-have role
– The search for vital analytics talent has often focused on data scientists. In this article for Harvard Business Review,... we describe the overlooked analytics role that’s even more critical to fill.
Commentary - McKinsey Quarterly

The economics of artificial intelligence
– Rotman School of Management professor Ajay Agrawal explains how AI changes the cost of prediction and what this means for business.
Video

Competing in the AI economy: An interview with MIT’s Andrew McAfee
– AI has arrived, but are companies ready for it? According to an MIT scientist, executives are underestimating the speed, scope,... and scale of the disruption it will bring.
Video

AI is open for business: An interview with PayPal COO Bill Ready
– Cloud platforms have begun democratizing artificial intelligence, ushering in a new wave of AI innovation.
Article

Controlling machine-learning algorithms and their biases
– Myths aside, artificial intelligence is as prone to bias as the human kind. The good news is that the biases in algorithms can... also be diagnosed and treated.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly

Will artificial intelligence make you a better leader?
– Agile leadership and AI both depend on learning to let go.
Interactive

An executive’s guide to AI
– Updated with the latest artificial-intelligence developments, our interactive helps business executives learn the ABCs of AI.