All articles by Stu Robarts

Stu Robarts

Stu is editor for Thematic Intelligence at GlobalData, overseeing news and features that cover the major themes affecting industries.

Business confidence in robotics strengthens as AI pairing for automation emerges

A new survey has revealed that business confidence in the potential of robotics has risen to its highest for two years.

AI and blockchain in mining: Unearthing value in the emergent with the emerging

AI is emerging as a complementary technology to blockchain in the mining sector, allowing data to be interrogated in new ways.

Agentic AI ‘key to turning language models into revenue generators’

Agentic AI can carry out tasks autonomously by making decisions and taking actions within the context of a given environement.

AI ‘revolutionising’ data analytics

GlobalData estimates the total data analytics market to have been worth $112.3bn in 2023 and expects it to hit $190bn by 2028.

AI ‘key differentiator’ in growing collaboration tools market

Providers in the collaboration tools market must adopt advanced AI capabilities to remain competitive in the long term.

Digitalisation and decentralisation to deliver ‘identity revolution’

A new GlobalData report suggests that digital identity is one of the world’s most significant technology trends.

AI hype cooling, but business confidence remains – survey

Almost three quarters of survey respondents expect AI to disrupt their industries to some extent, despite falling levels of hype.

Lack of ‘killer’ app keeps VR a niche consumer product – report

The VR market is forecast to grow from a value of $11bn in 2023 to $57bn in 2030 at a compound annual rate of 26%.

AI ‘the key to developing autonomous vehicles’

The AI fields of machine learning, computer vision and natural language processing are integral to autonomous vehicles

AI update: Google Gemini leads LLMs, SLMs on the rise, chip wars heat up

GlobalData’s Artificial Intelligence Executive Briefing takes stock of how the industry is variously progressing.