Source- adageindia.in Amazon is working with top media holding companies and brands to make its data more available for use in their media planning, according to people familiar with the plans. The e-commerce giant has been huddling with the agency world—companies like Omnicom, WPP, Dentsu Aegis and others—about how they can partner on the future of Read More
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Source- thenextweb.com Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana In early September, the media went abuzz with news of Amazon becoming the second US company to surpass the $1 trillion market cap. However, the news of Amazon’s success has eclipsed certain interesting facts: 2017 was the worst year ever for traditional retail stores Read More
Source- theguardian.com In a modern company like Amazon, almost all human activity is directed by computer programs. They not only monitor workers’ actions but are used to choose who should be employed. Yet it emerged last week that the company had scrapped an attempt to use artificial intelligence to select workers on the basis of their CVs since Read More
Source-forbes.com Amazon continued an autumn ritual this week releasing a new generation of Echo smart speaker products that ‘do stuff’ around the house. Echo, better known by its wake word, ‘Alexa,’ can be queried about the weather, stream news and music on demand and serves as a robotic assistant that responds to voice commands to Read More
Source – postandcourier.com Facial recognition technology matched 28 members of Congress with photos from a database of about 25,000 criminal mugshots, according to a recent report from the American Civil Liberties Union. And that was apparently surprising. Oh, the jokes write themselves. Actually, none of the mugshots were of sitting public officials. The technology, developed by Read More
Source – bgr.in Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are two popular terms that tech companies cannot stop talking about. Everyone from Google and Microsoft to Apple, Samsung and Amazon are going big on AI. Besides smartphones, smart speakers, voice assistants, apps, connected cars, security surveillance, healthcare and customer support are other areas where AI is used. Machine Read More
Source – zdnet.com Google on Tuesday detailed a new suite of marketing tools that taps into the company’s vast repertoire of machine learning technology. Overall, the tools are aimed at helping marketers create more effective and optimized ads — but there’s a noticeable element of anti-Amazon underlining some of the key products. Namely, Google’s new Local Campaigns service. Read More
Source – healthcareitnews.com For years, many healthcare organizations tended to be skeptical and resistant (if not outright hostile) to the idea of storing their data, particularly protected health information, in the cloud. IT and security decision-makers had deep reservations about stashing such sensitive data anywhere but their own on-premises servers, safe under their own watchful eyes. Read More
Source – washingtonpost.com Artificial intelligence is the future. Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple are all making big bets on AI. (Amazon owner Jeff Bezos also owns The Washington Post.) Congress has held hearings and even formed a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Caucus. From health care to transportation to national security, AI has the potential to improve lives. But it comes with fears about economic disruption and Read More
Source – entrepreneur.com The term “machine learning” might not mean much to you. You might imagine a computer playing chess, calculating the multitude of moves and the possible countermoves. But, when you hear the term “artificial intelligence” or “AI,” however, it’s more likely you have visions of Skynet and the rise of our inevitable robot overlords. Read More
Source – phys.org It’s Saturday night and you’ve just finished watching the last episode of a Swedish crime drama that you somehow stumbled upon, although you can’t quite remember how. It’s late and probably time for bed, but—without prompting—your Netflix screen fills with promotional shots for more shows. There’s one about a female detective in Denmark Read More
Source – digitaljournal.com Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook have announced the release of a neural network platform that allows deep learning frameworks to interoperate. It’s designed to make machine learning more accessible by letting developers mix and match different models. First announced back in September as a Microsoft and Facebook project, Amazon Web Services has now got onboard too. Called Open Read More
Source:- technologyreview.com Amazon isn’t synonymous with high fashion yet, but the company may be poised to lead the way when it comes to replacing stylists and designers with ever-so-chic AI algorithms. Researchers at the e-commerce juggernaut are currently working on several machine-learning systems that could help provide an edge when it comes to spotting, reacting to, Read More
Source – csoonline.com Amazon offers a number of excellent tools to help enterprises keep their data (Read more click here) and applications safe in the cloud. Last year, Amazon unveiled Amazon Inspector, its host-based application vulnerability assessment tool to monitor what is installed and configured on each virtual Instance. This year, it’s Amazon Macie, a security service Read More
Source – businessinsider.in There are a lot of myths out there about artificial intelligence (AI). In June, Alibaba founder Jack Ma said AI is not only a massive threat to jobs but could also spark World War III. Because of AI, he told CNBC, in 30 years we’ll work only 4 hours a day , 4 days a Read More
Source – forbes.com As fewer shoppers choose to frequent stores, retailers are looking for new ways to rejuvenate the shopping experience, whether through a wholesale reinvention of the retail space or by doubling down on efforts to send consumers targeted ads. To that end, retailers are increasingly turning to technologies such as artificial intelligence algorithms, messenger bots, and Read More