Telenor Research on 2017 tech trends: The year of AI and social fatigue?
January 19 2017 - 2:00AM
2017 could be
the year that Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and
chatbots go truly mainstream. Telenor Group's Research arm today
publishes the key global Tech Trends identified for the coming
year.
2016 was in many ways a precursor for what Telenor
Research believes will continue to materialize and solidify in
2017. The search to digitize activities in our daily lives and in
business will only accelerate now that technological platforms are
maturing and moving into test mode.
"Last year we highlighted several
important developing trends and predicted that these would gain
speed and attention during the year. IoT is on our list again for
2017, but we also claim that social media fatigue could be starting
to appear, that chatbots are hot, that 5G will show itself in demos
and pilot installations long before the standard is ready, and that
the ethics of AI will be a hot topic," says Bjørn Taale Sandberg,
Head of Telenor Research.
The trends were identified through observations,
patterns and supporting data from the continuous research conducted
by Telenor's scientists in select expert fields.
Telenor Research has identified the following five
important trending areas believed to have the most substantial
impact in 2017:
Keeping AI ethical
Applications using Artificial Intelligence technology are
increasingly common. It will soon be difficult to imagine a 'dumb'
digital service, one that does not tailor itself to your needs and
preferences or takes into consideration the specific context in
which the service is used. Currently it is challenging to explain
exactly why AI systems make the recommendations they do. Keeping AI
ethical in terms of transparency and customer privacy is critical
to move the technology forward.
On the verge of social media
fatigue?
Flight mode: On. As social media starts to feel more dominated by
questionable news and "friends'" facades of perfection, millennials
are starting to long for breaks from the never ending social
updates and could log off more.
All rise for IoT
From sensor technologies, IoT service delivery platforms and
services themselves, to radically new business models, 2017 will be
a landmark of innovations within the IoT ecosystem. It will shape
the way businesses, consumers and governments interact in the
physical world across multiple sectors, such as manufacturing, the
connected home, transportation, utilities and agriculture.
Chatbots + customers = BFFs
This year you might chat with a robot - without knowing it. In
2017, we believe we will see increased experimentation with
computer programs able to carry out a meaningful conversation.
Chatbots -or artificial intelligence interacting with humans - will
be used increasingly often to serve customers online.
5G: Testing 1, 2, 3
2017 will be a year of trials - 5G trials, that is. This year, lots
of them will take place, all claiming to test 5G technology as a
step towards 5G's commercial launch. Some will focus on technology
capabilities while others will focus on system aspects for vertical
eco-systems and new market opportunities offered by 5G verticals.
These could fall within sectors such as health, automotive, and
energy.
"These trends will offer some very exciting
technology developments in 2017. We'll experience crucial progress
within areas such as AI, IoT and 5G, and in other areas, a possible
change in direction as millennials may begin experiencing social
media fatigue. And underlying all of this should be the
awareness of ethical and regulatory considerations, which will be
evermore crucial in how we can experiment with- and apply these new
technologies in our increasingly digital lives," says
Sandberg.
You can download the full Tech Trends 2017
brochure from Telenor Research here.
Press contact:
Hanne Knudsen, Telenor Group Communications
Hanne.knudsen@telenor.com
+4790804015
The high res infographic can be downloaded
here.
Click here for a high res image of Bjørn Taale Sandberg.
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Source: Telenor via Globenewswire
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