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Our future lies with AI | Viewpoint: Jonathan James

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I’m writing this having just been given a presentation by a business specialising in AI. It seems that, everywhere I turn, AI is having an impact, and I am very keen to understand just how we can use it on a day-to-day basis in the…

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