{"id":726632,"date":"2023-10-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=726632"},"modified":"2023-10-23T10:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T08:25:46","slug":"lets-talk-ai-eys-ame-thwaits-explains-how-businesses-can-take-advantage-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/726632\/lets-talk-ai-eys-ame-thwaits-explains-how-businesses-can-take-advantage-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Talk AI \u2013 EY\u2019s Am\u00e9 Thwaits explains how businesses can take advantage of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Let\u2019s Talk AI interview, Michael Avery speaks to Am\u00e9 Thwaits &#8211; Innovation and Digital Leader for EY Africa &#8211; about the advantages AI offers businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thwaits is a Registered Auditor and Chartered Accountant with extensive experience across the mining and financial industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This experience has allowed Thwaits to collaborate with multiple global innovation leaders, regulators, and professional bodies to use digital solutions to improve audit quality and effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before working with EY, Thwaits served as the Analytics Leader for Deloitte South Africa and as an Analytics Specialist for the Department of Professional Practice at KPMG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, she also collaborated with SAICA to launch an analytics training programme designed for audit trainees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let\u2019s Talk AI interview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview, Thwaits begins by talking about her position at EY and explaining how AI is affecting workforces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She details how businesses are adapting to the changes brought on by AI and unpacks what people can do to remain desirable in the job market \u2013 including the essential skills needed for employment in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, she talks about how EY is using AI to revolutionise businesses and shares their plans for AI in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the full interview with Am\u00e9 Thwaits below.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UvRWEfVTZfk?si=dN4vPgo6RUJXaYYL\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With extensive experience in the mining and financial industries, Am\u00e9 Thwaits boasts a keen insight into the advantages offered by AI. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":726634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[18670,7955,18550],"class_list":["post-726632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-ame-thwaits","tag-ey","tag-lets-talk-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":726636,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726632\/revisions\/726636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}