Artificial intelligence (AI) is making itself right at home in the retail industry. In 2016, AI in the retail market totaled $712.6 million. By 2025 — less than a decade later — it’s projected to reach $27,238.6 million — a 38-fold increase — according to...
With smart speakers growing in popularity, Voicebot, the voice bot technology company, has found that 19.7 percent of adults in the U.S. have access to a smart speaker, up from under 1 percent a mere two years ago. According to the Voicebot Smart Speaker Consumer...
When working with an emerging technology – like voice-activated AI, for example – it is easy to get one’s head turned by novelty. The experience itself is highly novel – not to mention unique, noted Luke Starbuck, vice president of marketing at Linc Global – because unlike...
Consumers are increasingly comfortable chatting with their robot friends. A quick glance at the PYMNTS/Visa How We Will Pay survey indicated that a growing segment of consumers are already pursuing connected commerce experiences through a variety of devices and interfaces and are highly enthusiastic about...
Mobile World Congress 2018 is up and running in Barcelona — and Google is already announcing the latest round of updates, improvements and enhancements it has planned for its smart AI, the Google Assistant. Google had previously announced that it was rolling out support for...
What would you do if you met a digital human? It is not an idle question, nor are we asking how you would handle yourself if you suddenly landed in an alternative universe surrounded by robots and avatars. As it turns out, digital humans are...
Fazoli’s, the casual pizza restaurant chain, is testing the ability for customers to use Amazon’s Alexa to order meals. In an interview with FastCasual, CEO Carl Howard said the restaurant operator is testing it in some locations in partnership with Orderscape, an automation and voice...
“Elegant” as a descriptor doesn’t make many appearances in the world of financial services or payments, which tend to favor other terms. “Disruptive” is a common attribute, as is “innovative.” “Cutting-edge,” “friction-free” and “one-of-a-kind” also hold sway. That, Alacriti’s Co-Founder and CEO, Manish Gurukula, said, is about to change. The ability to use...
The former CTO of Samsung mobile, Injong Rhee, will be joining up with team Google as an entrepreneur-in-residence, according to ZDnet reports. Rhee has been with Samsung since 2011 and was one of the crucial players in the construction of Knox, the firm’s enterprise security...
