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M13, P&G to Partner on Consumer Innovation
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M13, P&G to Partner on Consumer Innovation

M13 and P&G to Partner on Consumer Innovation IncubatorPR NewswireLOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- P&G Ventures, an internal startup studio within The...

Beyond the Supply Chain: Global Value Chains
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Beyond the Supply Chain: Global Value Chains

More ways to think about value being generated.    Supplychains are being much influenced by new technologies now, its a good time to think about how they can be...

Knowledge Graphs, Governance, Learning and Much More
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Knowledge Graphs, Governance, Learning and Much More

Have now been involved in a number of efforts in this area, worth understanding since Google has made an impressive run at this.  The article tells a historical...

Google Makes more Speech Services Available
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Google Makes more Speech Services Available

Impressive array of cognitive speech services, in 120 languages!   Now broadly available with demonstrations at the link.Cloud Speech-to-TextSpeech-to-text conversion...

EU and Copyrights
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EU and Copyrights

Had not heard of this particular topic. Of interest.In the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)  Been around a long time, a good follow.The Final Version of the...

Explaining Facts Over Knowledge Graphs
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Explaining Facts Over Knowledge Graphs

Of general interest, linking explanation and knowledge graphs.  Technical.ExFaKT: a framework for explaining facts over knowledge graphs and text in AcolyerExFaKT...

Cutting Through 5G Hype
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Cutting Through 5G Hype

Seems to be a major issue, especially with regard to how smart homes, and connected automobiles will be implemented.  McKinsey reports on the hype, with predictions...

Qualcomm Goes All-in with Voice
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Qualcomm Goes All-in with Voice

This was surprising, had a chat with Qualcomm recently and it did not come up.  Examining what this looks like.   Test examples out there?  Send them along. Qualcomm...

Streaming Applications
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Streaming Applications

Streaming applications, the only system I have worked with that does this is Splunk.  Also well known is Flink.   Usually large scale. Many other approaches exist...

Wal-Mart Testing Digital Shelf Tags
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Wal-Mart Testing Digital Shelf Tags

An idea that has been around for a long time, we tested it extensively.  Costs versus value often interfered.  Now both Kroger and Wal-Mart appear serious withWalmart...

Stats on Skills and Usage on Alexa vs Google Assistants
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Stats on Skills and Usage on Alexa vs Google Assistants

Considerable Details at the LinkGoogle Assistant Actions up 2.5x in 2018 to reach 4,253 in the US  By Sarah Perez in TechCrunchIn addition to competing for smart...

Smart Headlights:  Adaptive Driving Beams
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Smart Headlights: Adaptive Driving Beams

Good sensor and adaptive example.    Made me think of the problem more abstractly.  Shining and focusing on data more precisely?Smart Headlights Inch Closer toThe...

Questions to Ask to Scope AI Methods
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Questions to Ask to Scope AI Methods

Good look below that is worth a read.   And I also point out that these questions should be asked of any analytical problem.  To take it further I would also ask...

Deloitte on AI Getting More Pervasive
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Deloitte on AI Getting More Pervasive

A Sponsored piece by Deloitte in the HBR on how Ai is getting more pervasive.   Well done:AI Is Not Just Getting Better; It’s Becoming More Pervasive Advances in...

Eye Tracking Important
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Eye Tracking Important

Good to see the mention of Zaltman's work, whose expertise we used extensively.    Not quite sure  what 95% means here, but certainly important.Why is Eye-Tracking...

Vendor Shortlists
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Vendor Shortlists

I then further ask, is there a way to update a shortlist automatically?    OR add candidates that should be separately evaluated.What is a Shortlist Anymore?  by...

Governance, Oversight and Auditing AI Systems
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Governance, Oversight and Auditing AI Systems

Good overview of the idea.  Increasingly will be proposed and required.   My own connection to legal AI systems will start to embrace this as well.     Adding this...

HIgh Order Optimization Queries
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HIgh Order Optimization Queries

Package Queries, Technical, having this looked at by some practitioners.Scalable Computation of High-Order Optimization QueriesBy Matteo Brucato, Azza Abouzied,...

Amazon and Outside US Cashier Free Stores
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Amazon and Outside US Cashier Free Stores

The idea continues to spread How soon will it become expected?Amazon may be close to opening its first cashier-free store outside U.S.  By Trevor Mogg in Digitaltrends...

Cisco Looks at the Connected Car
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Cisco Looks at the Connected Car

Even before we become self driving, we will be very connected.  Cisco is starting a series of pieces on the implications, and thought provoking stats.ConnectedBy...
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