image recognition

Alibaba Cloud Unveils AI Models That Understand Visual Content
Alibaba Cloud Unveils AI Models That Understand Visual Content
August 25, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Alibaba Cloud has unveiled two open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models that have the ability to understand both images and text. These models — Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL-Chat...

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The Shazaam Of Shopping, Shnap, Brings Visual Search To Fashion
The Shazaam Of Shopping, Shnap, Brings Visual Search To Fashion
July 20, 2020  |  Retail

The fashion visual search category has added a new player with the international launch of Shnap. Based in Australia, its executives liken their product to...

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Why AI Can Search eBay Even More Obsessively Than People
Why AI Can Search eBay Even More Obsessively Than People
September 27, 2018  |  Retail

Retailers are rolling out new ways for consumers to look for items online. Forever 21, in particular, is moving beyond text-based online search for its...

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The Cashier-less Grocery Store Experience
The Cashier-less Grocery Store Experience
December 01, 2017  |  Authentication

Timing is everything, as the saying goes. It’s also the story of a startup named Poly, and its visual identification software, says its CEO, Alberto Rizzoli. Two...

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Pinterest Upgrades Image Recognition With Lens Offering
Pinterest Upgrades Image Recognition With Lens Offering
June 22, 2017  |  Retail

In eCommerce news, while social media sites like Instagram and Tumblr feature a myriad of ways to enhance people’s wardrobes by suggesting new clothing pieces...

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Facebook Tracker: Feature Growth
Facebook Tracker: Feature Growth
February 09, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook stock (FB) was trending upward in midweek trading, with mid-day values on Wednesday (Feb. 8) rising 1.68 percent from the previous day’s close, up...

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How Clarifai Envisions Commerce — Literally
How Clarifai Envisions Commerce — Literally
January 26, 2017  |  Artificial Intelligence

Industries around the world have caught AI fever. Developers around the world have made more ways than ever for the technology to automate, optimize and...

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New App Aims To Make Everyone A Storefront
New App Aims To Make Everyone A Storefront
September 03, 2014  |  Mobile

Europe’s biggest online fashion retailer is testing a mobile-app feature that will let users snap a picture and then get recommendations for similar clothing, according...

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