virtual assistants

Facebook Gets The Smart Speaker Itch
Facebook Gets The Smart Speaker Itch
February 14, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook is gearing up to enter the smart speaker market this year with the social media giant reportedly gearing up to roll out two models...

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Hyundai, Kia To Bring AI Assistants Onboard In 2019
Hyundai, Kia To Bring AI Assistants Onboard In 2019
December 28, 2017  |  International

South Korean vehicle manufacturers Hyundai and Kia Motors are gearing up to add artificial intelligence (AI) to their cars beginning in 2019. According to a...

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Kasisto Lands $17M, Plans Expansion
Kasisto Lands $17M, Plans Expansion
December 14, 2017  |  Investments

Kasisto, the creator of KAI, the conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platform for finance, announced news on Wednesday (Dec. 13) that it raised $17 million in...

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Experts Predicting 224 Million Smart Home Devices By 2022
Experts Predicting 224 Million Smart Home Devices By 2022
October 30, 2017  |  Amazon Innovations

It looks like smart home technology — driven by the ever-increasing installed base of smart speakers — is igniting all around us. According to estimates...

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Who’ll Rule The Future Of Commerce?
Who’ll Rule The Future Of Commerce?
October 09, 2017  |  Commerce

Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old. The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand...

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Bridging Speech and Loyalty with Voice Activated Rewards
Bridging Speech and Loyalty with Voice Activated Rewards
September 19, 2017  |  Tech Center

The voice-activated assistant is gaining currency with consumers. Use of the devices is growing like gangbusters. Research from eMarketer shows that as many as 35 million...

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Using AI To Power The Retail Experience
Using AI To Power The Retail Experience
September 19, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

When is milk not milk? This is no trick question — it’s a distinction that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to have to learn to make...

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The Money-Mover That’s A Money-Mentor, Too
The Money-Mover That’s A Money-Mentor, Too
September 15, 2017  |  Innovation

“Can I afford a Tesla? If not, can you help me save for one?” These questions were once reserved for financial advisers. Technically they’re still...

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Alexa And Cortana Forge Virtual Friendship
Alexa And Cortana Forge Virtual Friendship
August 31, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana are now on voice command speaking terms. The companies announced news on Wednesday (Aug. 30) that owners of either company’s...

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