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Kroger Unveils Cinci FoodHall
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Kroger Unveils Cinci FoodHall

Look forward to seeing this in person.   Particularly interested in seeing their multiple food court idea.   Have in the past seen some of their test restaurant...

Supporting Multiple Device Assistance
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Supporting Multiple Device Assistance

I have devices from at least 12 suppliers in my smart home lab.  The need is growing.Multi-Device Digital AssistanceBy Ryen W. White, Adam Fourney, Allen Herring...

Alexa Presentation Language Released
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Alexa Presentation Language Released

Has been around now for a year,  worth looking at as to how capabilities that link voice, text and animation can be constructed.  Still need more ways to sweeten...

Tales of Ring Surveillance
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Tales of Ring Surveillance

The implications of cheap, widespread, continuous surveillance in the suburbs has got me thinking of late.  And then this Wired piece on just this topic came up...

A Chatbot connected to Cryptocurrency Blockchain?
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A Chatbot connected to Cryptocurrency Blockchain?

Very interesting idea of linking a chatbot with various cryptocurrency use possibilities.    A kind of assistant play.   Some suggested ideas about how this might...

Regulating AI, Digital Identity, Blockchain
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Regulating AI, Digital Identity, Blockchain

A pretty broad swath of technology being covered here.   Will this stunt emergent technology?   Note the inclusion of 'Other innovative technologies'.   Do we imagine...

TIBCO and AI
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TIBCO and AI

Have worked with TIBCO / Spotfire  in several enterprises, here indications of their further move to AI driven solutions.   Worth a look.TIBCO strengthens commitment...

Meet Bold Bridge Advisors
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Meet Bold Bridge Advisors

Now associated with Bold Bridge Advisors   https://bold-bridge.webflow.ioA group with wide and deep experience in delivering AI and analytical systems,  with global...

AI Powered Wireless Emotion Sensing
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AI Powered Wireless Emotion Sensing

Another ability to sense neuromarketing signals?EmoSense: an AI-powered and wireless emotion sensing system    by Ingrid Fadelli, Tech XploreResearchers at Hefei...

AI is Computer Science
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AI is Computer Science

Short excerpt that is interesting.AI isn’t magic. It’s computer science.Rob Thomas (IBM) and Tim O’Reilly discuss the hard work and mass experimentation that will...

Preview Alexa Smart Glasses
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Preview Alexa Smart Glasses

Smart glasses, available by invitation only.   Seems still an uncertain effort.  Like most of these efforts to date like this seem quite narrowly targeted  Would...

Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Dog Goes on Sale
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Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Dog Goes on Sale

You can now sign up for one of the Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Dogs,  still in the early adopter program.  Not really publicly available,  but Boston Dynamics will...

Protecting Industrial Control
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Protecting Industrial Control

Probably one of the most important things we can do well.  When involved in this space in the 80s, things were far less connected, so both the threats and remedies...

Alibaba AI Chip
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Alibaba AI Chip

As expected, new chips to do learning and delivery of e-commerce and related AI tasks.   Note mention of 5G ... Alibaba unveils new AI chip aimed at speeding up...

ACM Talk on Recommender Systems
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ACM Talk on Recommender Systems

Of interest, the topic is broadly addressed:Register now for the next free ACM Webinar, "Recommender Systems: Beyond Machine Learning" presented on Tuesday, October...

Quantum Sensing on a Chip
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Quantum Sensing on a Chip

Though I have a physics background, and a bit of interaction with a company doing 'quantum' work, still having trouble with the long range capabilities here.  And...

Collaboration with People, Smart Machines, Expanding
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Collaboration with People, Smart Machines, Expanding

Especially I think as we get comfortable with assistants being part of teams to solve problems, get things done.  True purely social will evolve as well, but their...

Next in the Digital Living Room
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Next in the Digital Living Room

A general, non technical view, with some useful points.What’s Next for the Digital Living Room?  in Knowledge@WhartonFifteen years ago, Microsoft, Sony, Dell and...

Amazon Enlists Companies to Enhance Voice
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Amazon Enlists Companies to Enhance Voice

Of interest, it came to mind early on in the enterprise that such AI assistants needed to work together, with the same long-in and access to the same semantic databases...

Google Assistant Comes to More Chromebooks
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Google Assistant Comes to More Chromebooks

I have had a Google Assistant in my smart home suite since their inception.   Connected to several home sensors.   Good especially for multilingual and multi sentence...
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