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Amazon Beta Launches Generative AI Shopping Assistant Rufus
Amazon Beta Launches Generative AI Shopping Assistant Rufus
February 01, 2024  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon has beta launched a new generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shopping assistant.  Dubbed “Rufus,” the assistant is now available to a small subset of customers using...

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What Electric Vehicles, Impossible Foods and Buy Now, Pay Later Teach Us About Early Adopters
What Electric Vehicles, Impossible Foods and Buy Now, Pay Later Teach Us About Early Adopters
December 04, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

It seemed impossible. A product that looked like beef, bled like beef, and cooked like beef made entirely out of plants. But Impossible Foods and...

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Confluent Adds Partnerships to Facilitate Real-Time Data Streams for AI
Confluent Adds Partnerships to Facilitate Real-Time Data Streams for AI
September 26, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Data streaming platform Confluent has announced its new initiative called Data Streaming for AI, aiming to simplify and accelerate organizations’ development of real-time AI applications. Recognizing that real-time...

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How Consumers Want to Live in a Conversational Voice Economy
How Consumers Want to Live in a Conversational Voice Economy
April 24, 2023  |  Voice Activation

Consumers live their lives in a digital-first, connected world — habits formed after three years of a forced shift to digital. And they like it...

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How Facebook Turned the Metaverse Into a Buzzword
How Facebook Turned the Metaverse Into a Buzzword
March 27, 2023  |  Metaverse

It all started with a cat and a baby. In 1959, neurophysiologists David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel conducted an experiment on an anesthetized cat to...

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The Eight Trends That Will Shape Payments, Retail, and the Digital Economy in 2023
The Eight Trends That Will Shape Payments, Retail, and the Digital Economy in 2023
January 09, 2023  |  Connected Economy

The holiday ornaments have been put away, the resolutions have been made, the new year well wishes have been given. That means it’s time for...

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Preventing Identity Fraud Comes Down to Effective Use of Data
Preventing Identity Fraud Comes Down to Effective Use of Data
November 02, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

Identity fraud has been growing in recent years and had a notable increase in 2021. Identity theft alone accounted for $56 billion in losses that...

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The Italian Firms Riding the Digital Lending, PropTech Innovation Wave
The Italian Firms Riding the Digital Lending, PropTech Innovation Wave
July 22, 2022  |  Real Estate

With a generally healthy FinTech ecosystem, Italy is especially prominent in the areas of digital lending and PropTech. Where the two converge, a thriving community...

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Credit Unions Advance Loyalty Through Innovation
Credit Unions Advance Loyalty Through Innovation
July 13, 2022  |  Credit Unions

Credit union members are more loyal than customers at most financial institutions (FIs), but cementing that allegiance means offering innovative products and services based on...

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