Key players in the AI gold rush

Artificial intelligence (AI) has established itself as a major technological force, especially in the field of automation. Simply put, AI enables machines to work on repetitive tasks accurately and swiftly, allowing workers to focus on more important and strategic activities.¹  With this revolutionary technology, organisations in various sectors can solve their automation woes, boost their business productivity, and enhance their overall efficiency and profits.²

Because AI is a promising field, thousands of companies have embraced it, are investing in it, and are allotting resources to the technology to create breakthroughs and milestones. As of 2023, there are 15,000 AI companies in the US alone.³

Although the massive growth of AI is undeniably impressive, there are concerns that the AI hype seen today is reminiscent of the dot com crash of the late 90s and early 2000s. However, there are signs that it won’t end in the same way as tech stocks are less bullish now than it was during that period.⁴ It’s also important to note that there is a lot of certainty surrounding AI technology: It’s currently being adopted across most industries, major tech players are involved in it, and its effectiveness is evident in various applications with real-world benefits.⁵

In this article, we shine the spotlight on three companies that are making significant strides with AI and automation safely and ethically: NVIDIA, GMI Cloud, and Nscale. We also highlight how Singtel Quantum-Safe Network (QSN) supports the security of these technologically advanced companies in the era of quantum threats. 

AI automation has been receiving a lot of hype lately, and rightfully so, due to the many benefits it brings to organisations across the globe. AI technology can be used to automate routine tasks such as data collection, data entry, email responses, software testing, and invoice generation,⁶ allowing companies to massively save on costs and time.  

Different sectors and industries are reaping the transformative and innovative benefits of AI-powered robotics for automation-related tasks. From detecting fraud in financial companies to accurately analysing diagnostic images in healthcare organisations,⁷ intelligent automation has swiftly become an integral cog in the operational efficiency machine.

Via AI, organisations in the manufacturing industry can also enhance and speed up their decision-making, predictive maintenance, and supply chain management in manufacturing companies.⁸

In the field of healthcare, AI automation can also help improve revenue cycle management (RCM), patient scheduling, and prescription management in healthcare organisations.⁹ Meanwhile, in architecture and construction firms, AI is a tool that can help transform and streamline project conception, design, and execution, as well as improve project management tasks.¹⁰

We highlight three big companies that help organisations and governments make the most of AI-powered automation: NVIDIA, GMI Cloud, and Nscale.

NVIDIA, which was established in 1993, creates graphics processing units that can support sophisticated computing needs — such as machine learning (ML) and AI processes.¹¹ Aside from creating GPUs and robust chip systems, NVIDIA also has a Compute and Networking business segment, which provides a full-stack computing infrastructure to organisations that require the resources to perform complex computing tasks.¹² As one of the companies that has made significant contributions to AI, NVIDIA understands that AI is a powerful tool that needs to be developed responsibly. Its Trustworthy AI initiatives aim to comply with data privacy and consumer regulations, as well as be transparent about how they build and use AI and its limitations.¹³

Armed with supply chain and semiconductor expertise, GMI Cloud provides High-Performance Computing (HPC) to businesses that want to adopt AI technology in their processes. GMI Cloud aims to provide a total solution for building with AI — from GPU cloud, virtualization, to platform and application layers, ¹⁴ allowing organisations to create AI features with multiple functionalities.¹⁵   

Nscale also provides infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that support the entire AI development lifecycle and delivers dedicated support to businesses that need help with their AI deployments.¹⁶ Aside from promoting optimized performance and cost-effective solutions, Nscale, which is based in the Arctic Circle, also emphasizes the importance of sustainability and is proud to be powered by 100% renewable energy.¹⁷

Forward-looking companies and organisations — especially ones that support businesses and governments globally — are not immune to evolutionary threats.

Today, advancements in quantum computing are well underway, and this powerful technology can be abused to decrypt data as it is powerful enough to break public key cryptography (PKC)¹⁸ — which are referred to as quantum threats.¹⁹ Organisations, especially ones in the financial industry, need to be prepared when this happens, as it can render even highly protected computer systems vulnerable to cybercrime.²⁰

Companies and governments can benefit from quantum-safe security solutions like Singtel QSN, Southeast Asia’s first National Quantum-Safe Network Plus (NQSN+). Singtel’s quantum-safe solution is built with quantum key distribution (QKD), an inherently secure communication method based on the laws of quantum physics. This means that current or future mathematical algorithms cannot break this encryption method as it doesn’t rely on any public key infrastructure.

Singtel QSN boasts of the following strong features:

• QKD-as-a-service​, which is based on quantum-safe keys, allows customers to have full control over their encryption keys. This service also provides monitoring, incident, and change management support to users.

• Quantum-safe network service, which is based on quantum-safe bandwidth, and delivers a fully managed service. Like QSD-as-a-service, this service also provides monitoring, incident, and change management support to users.

• Singtel domestic data networks integration, which allows users to easily deploy quantum-safe networks over their existing data networks.

Build an AI-powered and future-proof organisation with Singtel QSN.