THE DIGITAL CFO SERIES FOR THE MODERN FINANCE FUNCTION:
Part 1: FSN’s Digital CFO Series
Should CFOs Build or Buy AI and Machine Learning capabilities? (VIDEO 4 mins:35 seconds)
Ilan Cohen is a Digital CFO and one of a rare breed of modern finance professionals, whose experience includes hands-on involvement with developing cutting-edge applications, utilising Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and data science more broadly. In this series of short videos, Ilan shares his thoughts with Gary Simon, CEO, The Modern Finance Forum on the challenges and scope for deployment of these advanced technologies within the modern finance function.
PART 2: HOW SHOULD CFOs INTRODUCE AI AND MACHINE LEARNING (VIDEO 3 mins:42 seconds)
In this second video of the series, Ilan Cohen, a Digital CFO shares his thoughts on how CFOs should introduce AI and Machine Learning into the business, using the modern finance function as a launchpad.
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