Business Impact It Pays to Be Smart Superstar companies are dominating the economy by exploiting a growing gap in digital competencies. by David Rotman 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Computing Google Stakes Its Future on a Piece of Software Alphabet, number 5 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, thinks it can wrest the cloud computing market away from Amazon by helping companies make use of machine learning with a tool called TensorFlow. by Tom Simonite 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence A Reality Check for IBM’s AI Ambitions IBM, number 39 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, overhyped its Watson machine-learning system, but the company still could have the best access to the kind of data needed to make medicine much smarter. by David H. Freedman 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Business Impact Carbon Prints Amazing Materials Using his background in chemistry, CEO Joseph DeSimone has taken a whole new approach to advanced manufacturing, enabling Carbon, number 18 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, to print materials with a broad range of useful properties. by Katherine Bourzac 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Biotechnology Oxford Nanopore’s Hand-Held DNA Analyzer Has Traveled the World A British company, number 32 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, bets a tiny analyzer will change how we look at DNA. by Antonio Regalado 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence General Electric Builds an AI Workforce As part of its shift toward high-tech businesses, the 125-year-old company, number 40 on our list of the 50 Smartest Companies, is threading artificial intelligence throughout its operations, starting with its scientists. by Elizabeth Woyke 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Business Impact A Job Plan for Robots and Humans Melonee Wise’s startup Fetch Robotics employs about 50 people and more than 125 robots. She intends to create many more jobs for both. by Tom Simonite 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
Silicon Valley Why Tesla Is Worth More Than GM A few companies that master digital technologies are capturing huge chunks of the economy. Does this explain the persistence of slow growth? by James Surowiecki 2017-06-27T07:00:00-04:00
