The new enterprise AI expert every company needs - and why

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ZDNET's key takeaways

  • The frontier engineer is set to be the key role in enterprise AI.
  • These experts understand how to optimize frontier models.
  • Advanced data and neural networking skills are crucial.

If you're worried about the impact of AI on the IT profession and thinking about which direction to take your career, the smartest answer is to focus on honing the skills that will help you become the latest, and perhaps greatest, enterprise AI expert of all: the frontier engineer.

Steve Lucas, CEO of integration technology specialist Boomi, outlined how the frontier engineer -- someone with an advanced degree in data and neural networking -- will become the key professional who unlocks competitive advantage in the age of AI in a one-to-one chat with ZDNET at his firm's World Tour event in London, UK.

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