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BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
EMERGING TRENDS IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
THE AI WAVE
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Doug Wilder, president and founder of Wilder Business Success, said AI’s effects on professional services in Jacksonville were only beginning as businesses determine how best to put the tools to use.
Jacksonville professional services providers face opportunity and uncertainty as technology advances.
BY RIC ANDERSON EDITOR
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ongtime Jacksonville business coach Doug Wilder says that in his conversations with clients and members of Jacksonville Business Professionals, for which he serves as president, artificial intelligence is the top subject when it comes to innovations in professional services. “I don’t think there is any bigger topic than
AI right now,” said Wilder, the president and founder of Wilder Business Success. “Every day, people are talking about it, and I think the people who are getting tired of it are the ones who are not using it. I’m finding it’s thrilling to start thinking about all the things that can come out of AI.” Wilder is part of a growing wave of professional services providers exploring uses for AI and adopting it in ways that SEE AI TRENDS, PAGE 8
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Beachwalk Shops nearing construction in St. Johns County The 30,000-square-foot outparcel is planned at the entrance to BJ’s Wholesale Club at 115 Beachwalk Blvd. along County Road 210. PAGE 10
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