AI/ML and Other ICT Industry Trends in the coming decades

At the Brooklyn 6G Summit (B6GS) 2023, top tier economist Dr. Jeff Shen from BlackRock, presented a talk from the industry perspective of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and investment. Jeff Shen, PhD, Managing Director, is Co-CIO and Co-Head of Systematic Active Equity (SAE) at BlackRock. He is a member of the BlackRock Global Operating Committee, BlackRock Systematic (BSYS) Management Committee and the BlackRock Asian Middle Eastern & Allies Network (AMP) Executive Committee.

How are firms reacting to AI? From 'ICT Industry Trends in the coming decades' by Jeff Shen, BlackRock at #B6GS - I am guessing the peak of mobile mention was the peak 5G hype in 2015/16. Hopefully the industry is now much wiser and won't repeat the 6G hype. pic.twitter.com/xjEiDtmSUZ

— Zahid Ghadialy (@zahidtg) November 5, 2023

In his talk he covered the history of how and where AI has been traditionally used and how the thinking around AI has changed over the last few decades. He then presented his view on if AI is just a fad or it's more than that. To illustrate the fact, he provided an example of how Generative AI market is expected to grow from $40 Billion in 2022 to $1.3 Trillion in 2032. 

There are many challenges that AI faces that one should be aware of; namely regulation, cyber threats and ethical concerns. In the US, AI touches the entire economy, from legal to healthcare. In their quarterly reporting, firms are now discussing AI and the larger tech companies are not afraid to grow inorganically in order to get more exposure to the trend. 

You can watch the whole of his talk embedded below, courtesy of IEEE Tv.

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Presentations from ETSI Security Conference 2023

It's been a while since I wrote about the ETSI Security Conference, which was known as ETSI Security week once upon a time. This year, ETSI’s annual flagship event on Cyber Security took place face-to-face from 16 to 19 October 2023, in ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France and gathered more than 200 people. 

The event this year focused on Security Research and Global Security Standards in action The event also considered wider aspects such as Attracting the next generation of Cyber Security standardization professionals and supporting SMEs.

5G Security in practice and future by Rong Wu, Huawei from ETSI Security Conference 2023 - https://t.co/GByIjxcxST#Free5Gtraining #3G4G5G #5G #5GNetworks #Security #5GSecurity #ETSIsecurityConf #TheStandardsPeople #3GPP #Standards #Rel18 #SecurityAssurance #AmbientIoT #IoT pic.twitter.com/sotNyZkBLy

— Free 5G Training (@5Gtraining) October 26, 2023

The following topics were covered

• Day 1:
• Session 1: Global Cyber Security
• Session 2: Global Cyber Security
• Session 3: Regulation State of the Nation
• Session 4: Regulation, Data Protection and Privacy, Technical Aspects
• Day 2:
• Session 1: Zero Trust, Supply Chain & Open Source
• Session 2: IoT & Certification
• Session 3: Zero Trust, Supply Chain & Open Source
• Session 4: Quantum Safe Cryptography Session
• Day 3:
• Session 1: Experiences of Attracting Next Generation of Engineers and Investing in Future
• Session 2: IoT and Certification Session
• Session 3: IoT & Mobile Certification
• Session 4: 5G in the Wild - Part 1
• Day 4:
• Session 1: 5G in the Wild - Part 2
• Session 2: 6G Futures
• Session 3: Augmented Reality and AI

You can see the detailed agenda here. The presentations from the conference are available here.

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