Super-shopper chat bots poised to disrupt e-commerce (Beerud Sheth) “These intelligent bots will be hyper-rational shoppers” “Shopping bots can visit hundreds of merchant bots to find the best product or price” “Bots will render dynamic pricing algorithms irrelevant” “Bots may help the user transact anonymously” “Bots will diminish the value of customer loyalty” “The very…
Month: September 2017
Levi Virtual Stylist + "Stop pretending you really know what AI is" (John Pavlus)
Image credit: http://www.multichannelmerchant.com Levi Strauss & Co. Launches New ‘Virtual Stylist’ Feature “The virtual stylist, which is powered by mode.ai and personalized fit data from TrueFit, provides the in-store expertise in the hands of every consumer. It is built with the help of artificial intelligence. Users are able to receive fashion advice throughout the site,…
ai eCommerce News Sept 4th
Image credit: eweek.com — Alexa-Cortana Deal to Boost AI and Voice-Enabled Commerce Markets “The Aug. 30 announcement by Microsoft and Amazon that they will enable their respective virtual assistant technologies, Cortana and Alexa, to talk to one another, is being regarded by industry experts as the first crack in the wall that separates today’s leading virtual…