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Retails and Click and Collect
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Retails and Click and Collect

Include further information and discussion.Are retailers getting comfy with click & collect?   by Nikki Baird in Retailwire.Through a special arrangement, whatDuring...

Watson Data Function Expanded
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Watson Data Function Expanded

IBM expands Watson data platform to help unleash AI for professionalsProvides foundation for secure and intelligent data sharing between business teams across public...

Robots need to Dream?
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Robots need to Dream?

Cognitive Architecture, allowing some reorganization for changing context?When robots dream: AI systems may learn better and faster if they can ‘sleep’  By Gina...

Better Building Neuron Models.
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Better Building Neuron Models.

Collaboration between Amazon and Microsoft. Is this part of their broader collaboration for assistants we heard about recently?Gluons for Open AIAWS, MicrosoftGeorge...

Shopping Best Buy with Alexa
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Shopping Best Buy with Alexa

The rush for voice shopping continues to expand.   The capability of the supply chain will likely make the difference.  And the penetration of the infrastructure...

More on the Schedule of Car Autonomy
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More on the Schedule of Car Autonomy

More information to add to my thoughts about the question of when cars will become autonomous, and the levels of autonomy that are being defined.How soon will we...

Technologies for Good and Bad
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Technologies for Good and Bad

Just as new machine learning techniques can be used for the good, they can also be used for bad purposes.  The below research is been being reported as an example...

Messy Creativity
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Messy Creativity

Concept is new to me.   Have been using ink stylus ...How Microsoft embraced 'messy’ creativity with Windows InkMicrosoft's stylus dreams are finally coming true...

Detective by Charlie to Enhance, Speed Research
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Detective by Charlie to Enhance, Speed Research

We took a look at early ideas like these,  look forward to trying.  Recall rhis used to be don by just running multiple searches nd combining results. We may finally...

Cautions for Voice Replenishment Shopping
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Cautions for Voice Replenishment Shopping

A reasonable warning of course, in our discussions several of us have mentioned that they are concerned about consumers paying less attention to price.Voice Shopping...

How Close are Self-Driving Cars
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How Close are Self-Driving Cars

Was recently asked this question.   10 years, 5 years, one year, Years end?  Interesting that Wamp, which I was an early tester of, is a major component.   Fleets...

Creating an Intelligent Company
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Creating an Intelligent Company

Excellent, non technical piece, just the intro below.How to Create an Intelligent CompanyPosted by Ronald van Loon " .... Key elements in making a company “intelligent...

Alexa at Berlin IFA 2017
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Alexa at Berlin IFA 2017

A list of Alexa driven capabilities being shown at IFA, from Slashgear.   Not enough detail, but of interest to show the pickup of the digital assistant.     Amazon...

Links vs Privacy vs Asset Value?
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Links vs Privacy vs Asset Value?

The researchers want to implement this as a browser extension.  Could a variation on this be used to estimate asset value of data over time?   ....Algorithm shows...

Predictive Maintenance
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Predictive Maintenance

Some of the earliest examples of useful AI were in the area of maintenance, and predictive diagnosis.  We examined a number. of engineering applications.  The market...

Guide to Amazon SEO
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Guide to Amazon SEO

Received this invitation to get and forward this offer for a PDF guide,  you do have to provide some registration information.   Via Retailwire.Ultimate Guide to...

Solving Problems
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Solving Problems

Nice general view of many techniques used to address problem solving ...  We used all of these from time to time.   Often one method is good to check another.13...

More Unattended Delivery by Latch for Wal-Mart
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More Unattended Delivery by Latch for Wal-Mart

So its not only Amazon doing unattended delivery with specialized door locks.   Jet (Now part of Wal-Mart)  has also started to do it with smart access startup....

Select Practical Articles on Clustering
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Select Practical Articles on Clustering

A Group of 14 articles on clustering tutorials, applications and methods.  One of the most common used analytic methods.  All levels of technical coverage From ...

Popular Mechanic's Take on AI
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Popular Mechanic's Take on AI

 Popular Mechanics (founded 1902), read this magazine years ago, it is where I heard of predictions of completely automatic butler robots.  Available very soon....
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