The 5 Biggest Technology Trends In 2022

In 2022 the covid-19 pandemic will continue to impact our lives in many ways. This means that we will continue to see an accelerated rate of digitisation and virtualisation of business and society. However, as we move into a new year, the need for sustainability, ever-increasing data volumes, and increasing compute and network speeds will begin to regain their status as the most important drivers of digital transformation.

Responsible AI Is Every Business’s Responsibility

Fundamental human rights are an obvious worry. AI can be used for persecution and repression — using facial recognition, for example, could be used to single out individuals for whatever reason an authority sees fit. The biggest worry, though, is what happens when AI gets to the point where it can improve itself. It may not take until we achieve artificial general intelligence.

Ecosystems & The Edge: A Three-Tier Architecture

Edge computing is usually framed in the context of improving what is already in place, but the bigger opportunity is elsewhere. Edge nodes will be part of what the Linux Foundation called “an internet of systems, where devices serving different vertical applications need to communicate directly to exchange knowledge, autonomously and securely with no single point of failure.”