Global spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems is forecast to continue its trajectory of robust growth as businesses invest in projects that utilize cognitive/AI software capabilities, according to a new report from International Data Corporation (IDC).

There is a growing interest in how cognitive systems can improve robotic solutions, both in the incremental sense of improving productivity and the strategic sense of adding entirely new capabilities, according to a new report from ABI Research.  

Worldwide spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems will reach $19.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 54.2 percent over the amount spent in 2017, International Data Corp. says