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Procter Uses Simple Text for Razor Reorder
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Procter Uses Simple Text for Razor Reorder

Addressing  the Razor blade club competition.  Procter's Gillette is using a simple text for order and replenishment.  How does this compare with approaches like...

Where is AI Making an Impact?
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Where is AI Making an Impact?

Nicely done overview, from CBInsights:Emerging AI: 7 Industries Including Law, HR, Travel And Media Where AI Is Making An ImpactWe take a look at categories where...

UC Analytics Summit next Week!
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UC Analytics Summit next Week!

I will be speaking at the below summit on the future of analytics and AI.   Join us.     - Franz" ... Analytics Summit 2013  will be held on May 31, 8:15AM-5:00PM...

Fluent Design System
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Fluent Design System

Had head this term being used recently.  In Engadget:Microsoft's design rules push Windows 'beyond mere rectangles'Exploring the core tenets of the Fluent Design...

Loyalty Cards
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Loyalty Cards

In Customer Think.   Are loyalty cards dead?  A discussion.  Hardly dead because I have several in my wallet.  But the only ones that work are connected to some...

Watson Paths
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Watson Paths

Was reminded of Watson Path, and its use of Sankey Diagrams to communicate with medicine domain experts.  Nice idea, though the term for this kind of visualization...

Video Content Recognition by Microsoft
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Video Content Recognition by Microsoft

As part of Microsoft Build Meetings.  Following and looking for more details.Microsoft Takes Aim at Google and Amazon With a New Recognition Tool  ReutersMicrosoft...

Vint Cerf Criticizes AI
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Vint Cerf Criticizes AI

In Nextgov:   Some of the cautions mentions are noted." ... Vint Cerf is often called the “father of the internet” and he frequently speaks about technology toHe...

Building Behavioral Models of People
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Building Behavioral Models of People

Intriguing behavioral modeling approach.Computers Learn to Understand Humans Better by Modeling ThemAalto UniversityResearchers at Aalto University in Finland,The...

Microsoft Cortana Everywhere
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Microsoft Cortana Everywhere

In the Build conference Microsoft stated that they want to be everywhere, and with everyone as a partner. I have had Cortana on a Windows 10 device for some time...

Automation and Creativity
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Automation and Creativity

 The Art of Algorithms: How Automation Is Affecting Creativityin VentureBeat    by Paul SawyersThere is increasing cross-fertilization between art and computers...

Training a Final Machine Learning Model
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Training a Final Machine Learning Model

Been enjoying some of Jason Brownlee's straightforward instructional material.  Here is an example of perhaps one of the most important steps, how do I predictHow...

Value of Alexa Assistants placed Everywhere
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Value of Alexa Assistants placed Everywhere

Certainly seems they are.  You can make a good argument that Google and Microsoft have better AI in their labs.   But is it ultimately the quality of intelligence...

GPU Technology Conference
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GPU Technology Conference

The keynote of the GPU Tech conference was brought to my attention. Truncated from Engadget, below.  It has long been known that GPUs could be used for analytics...

Generative Networks
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Generative Networks

Its all about learning.  But learning does not just mean saving away information.  Its about constructing an architecture that allows that information to be accessible...

Computers Predicting Smell
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Computers Predicting Smell

An area we worked in for years when in the coffee business.  Were pitched a number of solutions to replace human abilities to taste and smell.  None were ever successful...

Excel 2016 Cheat Sheet
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Excel 2016 Cheat Sheet

More like a good description of what is new, and even what is old and interesting.  A cheat sheet should be glanced at, not read. They have done a good job of hiding...

Harman-Cardon Announces Invoke Virtual Assistant
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Harman-Cardon Announces Invoke Virtual Assistant

In a press release:  Harman-Cardon releases many more details of the Cortana-Powered  assistant Invoke with partner Microsoft speaker ." ... STAMFORD, CONN. – HARMAN...

Google, Linked Data and Ontologies
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Google, Linked Data and Ontologies

Very good piec,  have spent a long time thinking about getting the semantics of data arranged for search and analytics.Via Dean AllemangPrincipal Consultant atOne...

Pricing Bots
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Pricing Bots

 Saw this experimented with.    With electronic shelf labels.Are pricing bots a boon or bane for consumers?  by George Anderson   and Discussion.It’s a common plot...
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