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Nudging Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nudging Robotics

Training and adjusting their training is a key issue.Researchers develop a way to train robots with just a gentle nudgeTheir algorithms allow robots to permanently...

Watson Assistant Introduction
From The Eponymous Pickle

Watson Assistant Introduction

I was invited to be a beta developer in this space.  Here IBM competes with Amazon, Apple and Google for a place in adaptable, cognitive, skills based systems. ...

Google, Amazon and Facebook have Changed B2B Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google, Amazon and Facebook have Changed B2B Marketing

Quite a good piece, read the whole thing for useful details about how different companies have addressed B2B marketing with new tools and contextual data.  How by...

Google Says it Won't Scrape
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Says it Won't Scrape

Thinking of the full implications of this.Google will continue to let sites opt out of showing in search resultsThey can legally scrape those sites now, but the...

A look at AI Startups
From The Eponymous Pickle

A look at AI Startups

The list of startups is interesting because it show development directions.  But it is also dependent on the definition of 'AI', and context of applications.Artificial...

Cognitive Services, Intelligent Chatbots call for Papers
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Cognitive Services, Intelligent Chatbots call for Papers

Brought to my attention by Amit Sheth,   LexisNexis Ohio Eminent ScholarCognitive Services and Intelligent ChatbotsFinal submissions due: 01 May 2018, Publication...

Blockchain Based Electronic Marketplaces
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Blockchain Based Electronic Marketplaces

Intriguing application idea.    Inevitable managing control?Decentralized Blockchain-Based Electronic Marketplaces  By Hemang Subramanian     Communications ofVideo...

Why Alexa was a Hit
From The Eponymous Pickle

Why Alexa was a Hit

Good thoughts on how to make a novel to the consumer product sell.Why Amazon Alexa Is Such a Hit This Holiday SeasonInnovation, streamlined services, a productBy...

More In-Car Assistants
From The Eponymous Pickle

More In-Car Assistants

More indication that the new year will feature automotive assistance, with increasing sophistication as to automotive context.   Will be testing.Hyundai and Kia...

Will Tech Dominate Retail?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Will Tech Dominate Retail?

Debate and Discussion ....BrainTrust throwdown: Is it inevitable that tech companies will dominate retail?   by Rick Moss in RetailwireFrom its origins with the...

Benchmarking AI Performance
From The Eponymous Pickle

Benchmarking AI Performance

Worth while thoughts in the Cisco Blog:Towards an industry standard for benchmarking AI In tandem with this transformative process is the need for industry standards...

Path to Better Decision Making
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Path to Better Decision Making

Highly visual piece from McKinsey.  I like the visual,  yet still precise views here.  Not an infographic, which can be sloppy.The path to better decisions means...

Simulators for Quantum Computing
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Simulators for Quantum Computing

Simulators allow us to guide the future of direction of research for more universal solutions.Two New Simulators Tease Future of Quantum Computing   By Jeremy Hsu...

Library of Congress Stops Archiving all Tweets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Library of Congress Stops Archiving all Tweets

The LOC started archiving tweets in 2006, but has now announced it will do so only very selectively,  of historically important material,  starting in the new year...

Dot Assistants Dominate the Market
From The Eponymous Pickle

Dot Assistants Dominate the Market

Will this mean that Amazon will control the assistant infrastructure, at least in the consumer space?  Again, better skills and improved architecture need to be...

Reading on Screens
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reading on Screens

Scientists say screens hurt our ability to comprehend the information we read  By Luke Dormehl...  According to a new piece of research coming out of Pennsylvania...

Balancing Social Media?
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Balancing Social Media?

Intriguing, but seems this could also be directly misused.Conflicting Views on Social Media Balanced By an AlgorithmAalto UniversityResearchers at Aalto University...

Google Map's Moat
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Google Map's Moat

Google Map's Moat.  Mapping is modeling, for and about a particular context.  So the details and comparison between Apple and Google are fascinating.  Been using...

Leveraging Consumer DNA
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Leveraging Consumer DNA

Should marketers personalize products using consumers’ DNA?  by Tom Ryan in Retailwire with discussion.According to a study from the University of South Carolina...

Business History
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Business History

Video and transcript from Bain:The prevailing paradigm that has underpinned business for the past 50 years is beginning to shift. Over the next 10 years, we will...
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