Insights on Artificial Intelligence

From machine learning operations and organizational change to ethical considerations and emerging use cases, this is QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey’s latest thinking on how organizations can most effectively and responsibly use AI to create business value.

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The missing data link: Five practical lessons to scale your data products

As companies increasingly rely on data to innovate and grow, ineffective (or nonexistent) data product practices have become a top strategic issue.
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Future of tech services: Vijay Guntur on unlocking value through AI
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Companies are making big bets on AI. But it’s never just tech. It’s what you unlock with the tech.
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Open source technology in the age of AI
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With more organizations deploying gen AI across business functions, a new survey finds that leaders are increasingly turning to open source AI solutions to build out their tech stacks.
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The state of AI: How organizations are rewiring to capture value
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Organizations are beginning to create the structures and processes that lead to meaningful value from gen AI. While still in early days, companies are redesigning workflows, elevating governance, and mitigating more risks.
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When will we see mass adoption of gen AI?
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Generative AI adoption is taking longer than expected. But AI innovation is rapidly accelerating, and businesses must seize the opportunity to stay competitive.

Scaling for impact

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Strategic alliances for gen AI: How to build them and make them work
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Strategic alliances are a must for companies looking to build value from generative AI. But approaching them like traditional vendor arrangements won’t work.
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Moving past gen AI’s honeymoon phase: Seven hard truths for CIOs to get from pilot to scale
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Getting to scale requires CIOs to focus on fewer things but do them better.
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The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier
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Generative AI is poised to unleash the next wave of productivity. We take a first look at where business value could accrue and the potential impacts on the workforce.

Executive guides

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Beyond the hype: Capturing the potential of AI and gen AI in tech, media, and telecom
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This collection presents the top insights on gen AI from McKinsey and its AI arm, QuantumBlack, providing a detailed examination of the significant opportunities and challenges it offers for leaders looking to steer their organizations into the future.
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What every CEO should know about generative AI
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Generative AI is evolving at record speed while CEOs are still learning the technology’s business value and risks. Here, we offer some of the generative AI essentials.
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Four essential questions for boards to ask about generative AI
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Boards are responsible for how generative AI is used at the companies they oversee. Asking company leaders the right questions will help unlock the technology’s value while managing its risk.

Industry perspectives

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Scaling the AI-native telco
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With telcos aiming to integrate AI throughout their organizations, here’s how they can unlock the full potential while positioning themselves for the next wave of innovation.
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Gen AI: A game changer for biopharma operations
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From the shop floor to the supply chain, gen AI can transform how biopharma companies operate. Four use cases show how it can enhance productivity, improve quality, and reduce costs.
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The real estate industry can solve problems with data—if it asks the right questions
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McKinsey associate partner Jules Barker discusses how real estate companies can start their AI-based data-gathering journeys.
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Unlocking value from technology and AI for institutional investors
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Strategy, tools, and talent are key considerations for institutional investors as they adopt and scale technology to generate alpha.

DATA SCIENCE FOR PRACTITIONERS

Insights from our Medium blog by data science professionals, for data science professionals.
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Solving data quality for gen AI applications

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Interview
Future of tech services: Vijay Guntur on unlocking value through AI
-
Companies are making big bets on AI. But it’s never just tech. It’s what you unlock with the tech.
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Safer, greener, faster: AI-powered supply chains in action
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Companies across industries have a wealth of data. Samsara’s AI solutions help uncover actionable insights that enable...
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The missing data link: Five practical lessons to scale your data products
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As companies increasingly rely on data to innovate and grow, ineffective (or nonexistent) data product practices have become...
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Open source technology in the age of AI
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With more organizations deploying gen AI across business functions, a new survey finds that leaders are increasingly turning...
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The fashion industry faces a world in flux
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Brands are grappling with rising unpredictability and slowing growth. What next?
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J&J’s Ashita Batavia on advancing oncology clinical-trials with data
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Ashita Batavia, head of hematology and oncology data sciences, R&D, at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, discusses...
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What is quantum computing?
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Quantum computing is a new approach to calculation that uses principles of fundamental physics to solve extremely complex problems...
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Leaders in Latin American CPG: A commercial excellence evolution
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Our latest survey reveals that five commercial excellence practices are enabling leading Latin American consumer packaged goods...
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How financial institutions can improve their governance of gen AI
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A comprehensive scorecard can help companies redesign their risk governance frameworks and practices for gen AI and harness the...
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Unlocking profitable B2B growth through gen AI
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Gen AI can enhance profitable B2B sales growth. Seven use cases show how B2B leaders can maximize benefits and drive sustainable...
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Generative AI in healthcare: Current trends and future outlook
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The healthcare sector has been integrating generative AI to enhance operations and engage stakeholders, with many advancing to...

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