#IBM pulling the plug on #watson. Shows that it is more difficult to roll out #AI and #MachineLearning in a profitable way than anticipated. Just a pothole or a serious roadblock for a broader AI revolution in healthcare?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ibms-retreat-from-watson-highlights-broader-ai-struggles-in-health-11613839579?mod=business_lead_pos7

Ich hab' mir ja vorgenommen, nichts zu Corona zu twittern. Aber diese Nachricht am Faschingsdienstag ist eine Ausnahme wert. In sich konsistent - aber im großen und ganzen?

Recently, @elonmusk announced that @Tesla spent more on #Bitcoin than it invested in #Research and development throughout all of 2019.

Smart choice?

Join us tomorrow at @TEDx at @esmtberlin. My talk will be in the afternoon.

More details at https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/39578

Today, @JoeKaeser pointed out that Germany has to catch up in semiconductor technology to secure future competitiveness. 34 years ago, Tawain created TSMC
@TWSemicon. By now, TSMC has become the center of a thriving cluster.

Europe falls further behind US and Asia in 5G rollout https://on.ft.com/2MbU0WY

If you remember the STATA command "set mem", you know 1) that you are a nerd and 2) that you are getting old.