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Amazon on Private Label
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Amazon on Private Label

Amazon has dabbled in this space already.   How will it be integrated with classic CPG marketing?Is Amazon poised to dominate private-label products?Amazon notAmazon...

Detecting Deception
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Detecting Deception

Skeptical, like to see more.A New AI That Detects 'Deception' May Bring an End to Lying as We Know It    Futurism   By Dom Galeon in Futurism in ACM NewsResearchers...

Facebook Stops their M Assistant
From The Eponymous Pickle

Facebook Stops their M Assistant

Somewhat of a surprise.   I liked the fact that they had create a 'concierge' model that included some human expertise.   But indications are that too much of it...

Pypestream
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Pypestream

Brought to my attention, examining.PypestreamPypestream brings the on-demand economy to enterprises, everywhere. Enterprises using Pypestream can now digitallyPypestream...

LG on Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

LG on Robotics

Long and interesting piece on LG's work in robotics.   As always most interested in how consumers interact with robotics to provide value.  Nice to see an appliance...

Statistical Techniques You Should Know
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Statistical Techniques You Should Know

Beyond the data scientist, the manager who is using analytics should know the basics of these techniques.   Data Scientists as they are now called should know the...

US, China Looking for an AI Stack
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US, China Looking for an AI Stack

From O'Reilly.The artificial intelligence computing stackA look at why the U.S. and China are investing heavily in this new computing stack.  By Reza ZadehRezaA...

Alexa Enabled AR Glasses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa Enabled AR Glasses

I think there is a higher likelihood that something connected to a known and trusted assistant, like Alexa or Google Home will succeed.     But security and privacy...

IBM Institute for Business Value
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IBM Institute for Business Value

Stating to follow the writing of:IBM Institute for Business ValueDiscover emerging trends, business innovations and success patternsAccess our latest thought leadership...

Cortana as Windows Assistant
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Cortana as Windows Assistant

Nice idea, looking forward to a demonstration.  So far have not seen much of value from the Cortana assistant.Cortana as an assistant for WindowsMicrosoft Windows...

More on Alexa Pitching Brands
From The Eponymous Pickle

More on Alexa Pitching Brands

Further discussion.   Amazon will also have to consider how this will position themselves against, at this time, Google Home, and then other emerging competitors...

When Computers Disappear
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When Computers Disappear

What Life Will Be Like When the Computers DisappearUSA Today    By Edward C. BaigThe expected transition to an ambient computing era driven by advances in artificial...

Cortana Voicebots in China
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cortana Voicebots in China

In Voicebot.Xiaomi has launched a new Microsoft Cortana powered smart speaker called Yeelight VoiceAssistant. The Yeelight product line is known in China for smart...

Aipoly for Autonomous Market Shopping
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Aipoly for Autonomous Market Shopping

This will be shown at this week's CES conference in Las Vegas:Fully Autonomous  Markets200,000 new small businesses are born every day around the world. We help...

Think with Google says Smart Speakers Changing Technology
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Think with Google says Smart Speakers Changing Technology

In the latest Think with Google,  Google provides stats about "Smart Speaker"  (advisory) systems, and provides interesting data about their use by consumers. Google...

Extreme Event Forecasting at Uber
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Extreme Event Forecasting at Uber

Spent quite some time in the enterprise considering extreme events.  Interesting to see Uber's way to address this. With some technical details.   In DSC, posted...

Advances in Sensory Substitution
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Advances in Sensory Substitution

Been reading about this for many years,  are real advances here?   Article looks at the history, technology and likely advances.Feeling Sounds, Hearing Sights Gregory...

Personal Assistants Cloning Yourself
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Personal Assistants Cloning Yourself

Digital Twins taken beyond the basic idea.  In some ways this is much harder than building an assistant.   We sought something like it when we replaced green coffee...

Confusion Mapping for Worst Case
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Confusion Mapping for Worst Case

Intriguing piece.Robots Are Wrong Too—Confusion Mapping for the Worst CaseHere be dragonsBy Chris Butler,  Strategy and product at Philosophie NYC    https://philosophie...

Memes, Protomemes and Popularity
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Memes, Protomemes and Popularity

Quite interesting, technical, detailed experimentation with data and unclear possible applications. How advertising and results are influencedPopularity Spikes ...
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