digital transformation

Customer Service Firm Glia Buys Chatbot Platform Finn AI

Customer Service Firm Glia Buys Chatbot Platform Finn AI
Customer Service Firm Glia Buys Chatbot Platform Finn AI
June 23, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Digital customer service firm Glia has acquired Finn AI, a chatbot platform for banks and credit unions, the company announced Thursday (June 23). Get the...

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Today in Data: AI, Metaverse in Play as Tech Packs a Punch in Payments
Today in Data: AI, Metaverse in Play as Tech Packs a Punch in Payments
June 23, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in data, Microsoft is limiting its use of facial-recognition software. Also, the Federal Trade Commission tells Congress that artificial intelligence shouldn’t be relied on...

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Ikea Bets ‘Seeing Is Believing’ With AI-Powered Design Tool
Ikea Bets ‘Seeing Is Believing’ With AI-Powered Design Tool
June 23, 2022  |  Retail

In a bid to capture ongoing increases in both online shopping and time spent at home, the world’s largest furniture and home furnishings retailer is...

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Warehouse Robotics Firm BotsAndUs Lands $13M Seed Round
Warehouse Robotics Firm BotsAndUs Lands $13M Seed Round
June 23, 2022  |  Investments

Intelligence and robotics company BotsAndUs has landed $13 million in seed funding to expand the growth and use of its logistics solution around the world,...

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Amazon Eyes Cheaper, Smaller Version of ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech
Amazon Eyes Cheaper, Smaller Version of ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech
June 23, 2022  |  Retail

What started as a three-man foray in 2012 to rethink the physical retail experience and eliminate standing in line has blossomed into a massive global...

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Proteus is Amazon’s First Fully Autonomous Mobile Robot
Proteus is Amazon’s First Fully Autonomous Mobile Robot
June 22, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon is now ready to deploy its first fully autonomous mobile robot that was developed to perform its work and automatically move around employees.  Get...

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FTC Warns Congress About Using AI to Combat Harmful Speech
FTC Warns Congress About Using AI to Combat Harmful Speech
June 22, 2022  |  artificial intelligence

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report to Congress last week, on June 16, warning about using artificial intelligence (AI) to combat online...

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Microsoft Limits Facial Recognition Technology Use, Sales
Microsoft Limits Facial Recognition Technology Use, Sales
June 21, 2022  |  artificial intelligence

Microsoft won’t be selling facial recognition technology in an “unfettered” way anymore, Reuters reported Tuesday (June 21), and will be ending the sale of technology...

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Voice Assistants Help Truckers Take Hassle out of Record-Keeping
Voice Assistants Help Truckers Take Hassle out of Record-Keeping
June 21, 2022  |  Voice Activation

Every day they’re on the road, many professional truck drivers have to complete a driver vehicle inspection report (DVIR) that documents that they inspected their...

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