Salesforce announced that its venture wing is launching a $50 million fund to invest in start-ups employing artificial intelligence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
What’s so intelligent about artificial intelligence if it needs human data scientists to hold its hand through every little function? It may sound like a harsh critique, but Brighterion founder, president and CEO Akli Adjaoute, wouldn’t call such a platform “AI” at all. The term...
Physical retail has had its share of problems recently, and consumers are finding it increasingly easy to shop digital and save themselves the trip. The resultant fall in foot traffic has pushed retail bankruptcies up 30 percent year over year, as Gymboree, RadioShack, Payless ShoeSource, Gordmans, Wet...
Days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the first global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) would “become the ruler of the world,” Elon Musk warned that AI could be the cause of World War III. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
As artificial intelligence technology continues to make its way into more aspects of society, it’s possible that the commercial trucking industry could be next. In fact, Ford is already working with potential partners to potentially deploy self-driving technology in commercial trucks, Reuters reports. Get the...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch announced news on Tuesday (Aug. 22) of Intelligent Receivables, a new service that relies on artificial intelligence (AI) and other software to improve companies straight through reconciliation of incoming payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all around us in today’s technology-driven society. From smartphones to digital assistants like Alexa and Bixby as well as Facebook’s branded Messenger chatbots, the ability to determine what consumers want, how they want it and when they want it has started...
More human and less robotic is the sound of the beating retail drum this year. As cognitive-enabled chatbots have worked their way into everyday shopping purchases, the days where consumers interacted with automated and robotic-sounding customer service systems may soon become a thing of the...
