“In the age of AI, algorithms and recommendation engines, digital consumers have become used to more targeted and relevant messages so we need to bring this in store too. Personalisation has become our sixth sense. More than a third of consumers interviewed for the report (38%) said that feeling like the experience was personalised to…
Month: February 2019
‘Hot Skill’ Artificial Intelligence commands huge premium in job market
“The demand-supply mismatch is driving up salaries. AI professionals are getting 60-80% hikes while switching jobs, compared with an average of 20-30% in other skill areas. Even an entry-level AI role can command a 70%-plus premium over that of a plain vanilla computer science (CS) engineer, Barik estimates that there could not be more than…
Second Spectrum and L.A. Clippers Select Aws As Official Cloud and Machine Learning Provider of Clippers CourtVision
“Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that AWS is now the primary cloud computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence provider of Clippers CourtVision, the live, augmented game-watching platform created by the Los Angeles (L.A.) Clippers and Second Spectrum, the official video tracking technology provider for the NBA. In addition,…
THE AI TEXT GENERATOR THAT’S TOO DANGEROUS TO MAKE PUBLIC
Image: ALYSSA FOOTE “In 2015, car-and-rocket man Elon Musk joined with influential startup backer Sam Altman to put artificial intelligence on a new, more open course. They cofounded a research institute called OpenAI to make new AI discoveries and give them away for the common good. Now, the institute’s researchers are sufficiently worried by something…
From virtual assistants to anti-money laundering tech, AI is transforming banking
“PelicanSecure brings together tools that use natural language processing and machine learning to analyse patterns of behaviour to flag up “subtle anomalies” pointing to instances of fraud. Factors like user location, spending patterns and unusual device configuration are all integrated into Pelican’s detection system. Describing the role AI has to play in turning the tide…