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Grocers Using for Robots Picking Warehouse Orders
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Grocers Using for Robots Picking Warehouse Orders

AI continues to aid pattern oriented tasks, here in grocery order filling.Grocers Enlist Robots to Chase E-Commerce The Wall Street JournalBy Heather Haddon inGrocers...

Quantum has Advantages
From The Eponymous Pickle

Quantum has Advantages

Is quantum computing useful?  Yes, at least for some kinds of problems.  Worth following..IBM Proves a Quantum Computing Advantage Over ClassicalNext Big Future...

iRobot and Google Assistant Partner
From The Eponymous Pickle

iRobot and Google Assistant Partner

Home robotics has not been very successful, except in rather narrow domains.    In particular in linking with the concept of a 'Smart Home', and requirements of...

Holograms to Teach
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Holograms to Teach

Cheaper than flying people around,  impressive, how much more engaging will it be than a video link?'Hologram' lecturers to teach students at Imperial College London...

Alexa Augmenting Cancer Research
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Alexa Augmenting Cancer Research

Had not heard of Alexa in this space.  Simple idea here.  Risk of giving incorrect answers?New Technology Is Rapidly Improving Cancer Care, and Alexa Is at the ...

GANs: Generative Adversarial Networks
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GANs: Generative Adversarial Networks

Brought to my attention as usefulComputer Science > Machine LearningNIPS 2016 Tutorial: Generative Adversarial NetworksIan GoodfellowThis report summarizes the...

Terrence Sejnowski Explains Deep Learning
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Terrence Sejnowski Explains Deep Learning

We connected with  Terrence Sejnowski during the last go around of artificial intelligence, he was known for some classic AI applications of the time, so thought...

Interview with Irving Wladawsky-Berger on AI
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Interview with Irving Wladawsky-Berger on AI

Look forward to listening to this, we had a number of interactions with Irving Wladawsky-Berger when he was at IBM and respected his thoughts regarding AI.Voices...

Screens and Kids
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Screens and Kids

How negative is the now omni presense of screens on phones, tablets and computing devices?   Now integrated into every part of our lives.A Dark Consensus AboutScreens...

See a Demonstration of Threat Intelligence
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See a Demonstration of Threat Intelligence

See much more on Threat Intelligence.Attend a Live Demo of Recorded FutureDark Web Threat Intelligence With QRadarJoin us for a 30-minute live demo of RecordedRegister...

Harvard Boosts Legal AI
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Harvard Boosts Legal AI

Been following the potential for AI in Law,  applications like smart contracts, or intelligent legal research.  Or predicting legal outcomes based on context. Technology...

Watson Compare and Comply for Contracts
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Watson Compare and Comply for Contracts

Also brought to my attention while looking at 'agreements' and 'contracts' as they integrate with work process flow, value generation and risk.      IBM Watson's...

Market Research Falling Short?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Market Research Falling Short?

Good considerations when thinking abot market research. Where are market research and analytics falling short? by Joel Rubinson  in Retailwire: Through a...

Rubber Duckies for Disaster
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Rubber Duckies for Disaster

Clever idea, disposable drop-in sensors being used to creat networks, understand and communicate ad-hoc in disaster conditions:IBM is funding a fleet of rubber ...

Bullwhips and Chasing Inventory for Value
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bullwhips and Chasing Inventory for Value

One again, the Bullwhip effect.  which we often brought up for its influence in inventory in CPG.  Here new work on studies with data from. Chinese Groceries.ANew...

Talk:  Helping Workers Help Themselves
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Talk: Helping Workers Help Themselves

CSIG (Cognitive Systems Institute Group) Talk — Nov 1, 2018 - 10:30-11am US EasternTalk Title: Helping Workers Help Themselves: Thinking in 4Tfor Al Applications...

What's Creepy About AI
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What's Creepy About AI

Our views and expectations about what to expect from machines, even in a very general sense, are constantly changing.  Experience from media, experiences in work...

Voice Tools vs Chatbots
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Voice Tools vs Chatbots

Still need more work in understanding and relating to changing context in human machine interaction.In Chiefmarketer:  by Julia Stead A few years ago, industryVoice...

Wal-Mart Optimizes Pallets, Job Implication  Unclear
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Optimizes Pallets, Job Implication Unclear

I would point out that this is not a new thing,  we did exactly this long ago with algorithms to optimize pallets and other component aspects  of the supply chain...

Small Brands and CPG
From The Eponymous Pickle

Small Brands and CPG

Is this ultimately an innovation and delivery problem?Why haven’t CPG giants figured out what makes small brands so popular?   by Matthew Stern in Retailwire  with...
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