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Home Blog Aug 5: AI success does not always lead to business success

Aug 5: AI success does not always lead to business success

 

This week we look at several case studies where success on the AI front was not sufficient to assure longer term business success. Our course spotlight is on:

Aug 20 – Sep 17: Introduction to Design of Experiments

Learn how to design experiments (especially costly ones) in ways that yield the most information for the least cost.

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