GOLD New Issue: Casting an Eye on AI

In the new issue of GOLD, available on newsstands from Saturday, 19 April, we feature nine leading Cyprus-based companies that have adopted cutting-edge AI tools.

At a summit in Paris earlier this year, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai declared that “AI will be the most profound shift of our lifetimes.” It’s a bold, perhaps even grandiose claim, though not without basis: from healthcare to retail, productivity gains are stacking up, costs are being slashed and new job roles are emerging, thanks to AI. There is, unsurprisingly, an ongoing debate about this new wave of AI and its impact on the workplace. Tools are not just automating manual tasks but fundamentally redesigning how work is organised, executed and even measured. LinkedIn data from 2023 shows that the skills required for many global jobs have already changed by 25% since 2015. With AI accelerating these shifts, that number is expected to climb to at least 65% by 2030. AI-related skills have surged in demand. With the world of work in a state of flux, our cover story features nine leading Cyprus-based companies that have had to grapple not only with technical hurdles but also with culture shock in adopting cutting-edge AI tools. Their CTOs, CIOs and IT leads open up about the challenges they've faced, the culture shifts they’ve had to navigate and the genuinely transformative tech that’s reshaping their industries.

• A.A.S. Advanced Automation Systems Ltd
• Alphamega Hypermarkets
• Bank of Cyprus
• BridgerPay
• Elias Neocleous & Co LLC
• German Oncology Center
• HFM Group
• Photos Photiades Group
• Wargaming

Special Features:

• AI-Powered Business Solutions
• Larnaca: A New Era of Growth
• Accounting, Audit & Tax Advisory Firms in Cyprus

Exclusive interviews & features:

• Presenting The 8-Member Eurofast Board Of Directors
• Cultivating a Robust Competitive Administrative Services Sector - Christoforos Ioannou, General Manager of the Cyprus Fiduciary Association and a presentation of the Board of Directors
• Great Potential for Closer Ties - France’s Ambassador to Cyprus, Clélia Chevrier Kolačko
• Innovation with Purpose - Hansoo Kim, President of Samsung Electronics, Greece and Cyprus
• New School Rules - Paddy Jansen, Chief Operating Officer of Globeducate
• The Subtle Art of Connection - Pavlos Kyriacou and Stelios Petsas Co-Founders and Managing Partners Amaro Hospitality Group
• The Long Road from Research to Market - RIF Director-General Theodoros Loukaidis and ISERD Head Shlomi Kofman

My Way: Elena Grigorian

Five Minutes With: Marius Pandel

In Good Company: VHP

Start Me Up: Elysia Solutions

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All this and more in Issue 169 of GOLD magazine, out on Saturday, 19 April.