automation

Automation is the technology by which a process or procedure is performed with minimal human assistance.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Data Dive: New Ideas, Expected And Not, Edition

Data Dive: New Ideas, Expected And Not, Edition
Data Dive: New Ideas, Expected And Not, Edition
May 20, 2019  |  Data Dive

Some changes, advances and adjustments are expected – they are clearly part of a long-term strategy playing out, or an obviously useful pivot that expands...

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Customer Service’s Future: Humans And Machines In Cahoots
Customer Service’s Future: Humans And Machines In Cahoots
May 16, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

The robots are coming, and they are going to take our jobs. A simplification, perhaps — but if one were looking for the simplest statement...

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Alexa Can Now Listen For Intruders
Alexa Can Now Listen For Intruders
May 14, 2019  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon rolled out Alexa Guard in the U.S. on Tuesday (May 14), enabling Echo speakers to listen for intruders and other dangers and alert users...

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Packing Robots Coming To Amazon Warehouses
Packing Robots Coming To Amazon Warehouses
May 13, 2019  |  Amazon Delivery

Amazon, which has been adding automation to its shipping and delivery services, is mulling deploying packaging machines at warehouses, which would scan packages as they...

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Getting Everyone Into The Innovation Fast Lane
Getting Everyone Into The Innovation Fast Lane
May 13, 2019  |  Today In Data

With Uber and Lyft IPOs now solidly in the rearview mirror, the question for many watching the market is what’s next – and what will...

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Have Consumers Fallen Out Of Love With Robots?
Have Consumers Fallen Out Of Love With Robots?
May 11, 2019  |  Innovation

We confess: We hate doing household chores, cooking and running errands – and we suspect you do, too. And the promise of a modern-day version of Rosie from...

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Sales From Chatbots Could Reach $112B By 2023
Sales From Chatbots Could Reach $112B By 2023
May 10, 2019  |  Retail

In a report that studied the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on retail, Juniper Research estimates that retail sales stemming from interactions with chatbots are...

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People And Bank Automation — An ‘And’ Not An ‘Or’
People And Bank Automation — An ‘And’ Not An ‘Or’
May 10, 2019  |  Banking

It is hard to argue, after five decades in existence, that the ATM hasn’t been an overwhelming success as financial products go — in fact,...

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The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Glimpsing The Future Of Automation And One-Day Delivery
The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Glimpsing The Future Of Automation And One-Day Delivery
May 03, 2019  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

This week both Amazon and Walmart were offering up pictures — albeit with very different levels of detail built in — of how the immediate retail future...

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