“Billionaire tech entrepreneur Tom Siebel struck gold with Siebel Systems, which he sold to Oracle in 2006, and is trying again with artificial intelligence firm C3.ai, valued at $3.3 billion. But as the pandemic hit, business slowed and he spent weeks immersed in how to use data to help Covid-19 researchers. He set up a…
Month: July 2020
Apple Acquires More AI Startups Than Any Other Tech Company
“According to data compiled by CB Insights, there have been a total of 635 artificial intelligence acquisitions between 2010 and September 2019. Leading the charge is Apple, with 20 acquisitions since the 2010 purchase of Siri.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pcmag.com/news/apple-acquires-more-ai-startups-than-any-other-tech-company%3famp=true
Google launches Recommendations AI ecommerce tool in public beta
“During its Cloud Next 2019 conference, Google unveiled Recommendations AI, a fully managed service designed to help retail-oriented businesses deliver personalized product recommendations to their customers. Beginning today, following a lengthy preview period with early adopters that include Sephora, Boozt, and Digitec Galaxus, Recommendations AI is available in beta to eligible Google Cloud customers. All…
“We wanted to avoid interruption, disruption and surprise”: Mashreq Bank CTO
“In terms of the technologies that have driven this seismic shift in the financial services and banking industry, Wang pointed to its partnership with Avaya and Koopid, which brought AI to the heart of their customer experience offering. The partnership brings Artificial Intelligence to the heart of the bank’s self-service capabilities with the region’s first…
Five ways to bring a UX lens to your AI project
“Consider the user experience early – Understanding how users will engage with your AI product at the start of model development can help to put useful guardrails on your AI project and ensure the team is focused on a shared end goal. If we take the ‘”Recommended for You” section of a movie streaming service,…