“Amazon, with Alexa, had 67% of the market share in the United States in 2018, while Google had about 30% share, according to eMarketer. Few people use voice assistants and speakers for shopping.Voice commerce in 2018 will reach $2.10 billion — just 0.4% of U.S. ecommerce sales, per eMarketer. “We are working to develop voice and…
Month: April 2019
Former Google CEO ‘absolutely convinced’ AI will create ‘huge jobs shortage’
“I’m absolutely convinced that there’s going to be a huge job shortage,” he told Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday. ”And by that I mean not enough people to fill the jobs that are open because of this.” “There’s no question that it’s disruptive,” he added. ”This is not a job killer. This is a job creator.”…
AI major now available at universities
“Universities in China will welcome the first group of undergraduate students majoring in artificial intelligence in September. According to a list issued by the Ministry of Education, 35 universities received approval to establish the four-year undergraduate AI-related majors amid the country’s drive to build a strong AI talent pool.” http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/15/WS5cb3bba6a3104842260b61f7.html
Social data and sentient AI
“We live in a world peppered with countless digital interfaces, devices and platforms, which makes our online and offline space a behavioral-data-goldmine. Further development of cutting-edge technologies – from 5G to deep learning and ubiquitous computing – means the ability to gather and decipher behavioral patterns and anomalies in real-time and real-space will be boundless….
Audi Reveals The AI:ME, Its Vision For A Clean Autonomous City Car
“The AI:ME follows on from the AIcon, Audi’s study for fully automated long-distance travel. The clue, of course, is in the AI of the naming under which Audi says it is “bundling an entire cluster of innovative mobility technologies”. The car marque is using strategies and technologies from the field of artificial intelligence and machine…