Source: Google The end of 2017 for The Seville Report was spent looking for the company or companies that will take the next step forward in artificial intelligence and machine learning. We started with big companies first, all the names you know, Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon, Baidu, etcetera. We looked into some smaller companies, many of them privately held companies. After several days we landed on our pick for 2018, Alphabet, also known as Google. Google has been winni

In 2017 we could not get away from the conversation around artificial intelligence. Is it good, is it bad, will it take our jobs, or will it help solve the world's problems? There are conflicting answers for all of the questions posed, but the reality of artificial intelligence and machine learning is that it is here. The technology that seemed far, far away is here. Our apps, software, smart phones, cameras, cars, and smart speakers, are no longer just reacting, they are lea