“Walmart is piloting same-day grocery delivery in China via a new service called Walmart To Go. According to a report in TechCrunch, customers in China can access the service via a mini-program within WeChat, which is the messaging app owned by China’s Tencent. Walmart partnered with WeChat earlier in 2018 to tap that market of consumers.”…
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Engineer.ai raises Series A of $29.5 Million from Lakestar, Jungle Ventures and Softbank’s DeepCore
“Engineer.ai, the human-assisted AI that helps companies build and operate custom-made software, has raised Series A funding of $29.5 million, led by Lakestar and Jungle Ventures with participation from Softbank’s DeepCore. Led by serial entrepreneur Sachin Dev Duggal, Engineer.ai was created with the belief that everyone should be able to build their ideas without needing to…
A US attempt to keep AI out of China’s hands could actually help China – MIT Technology Review
“The US and China are in a race to become the AI superpower of the century. The perceived stakes are high: not only would the victor reap massive economic benefits,but it could also establish a new military edge. As Russian president Vladimir Putin phrased it last year, ‘Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will…
Amazon updates SageMaker with new built-in algorithms and Git integration
“Amazon’s been adding AI-focused features to Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing subsidiary, at a steady clip. Just this week, Amazon Transcribe and Comprehend — AWS’ automatic speech recognition (ASR) service and natural language processing service, respectively — gained support for real-time transcriptions and custom entities. And today, Amazon announced a bevy of improvements heading to SageMaker, its end-to-end platform for…
Salesforce: 40% Of 2018’s Retail Revenue Will Happen This Week During Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Mobile will be key. So will AI, for perhaps the first time, as smart systems are helping to drive more than a third of all retail revenue. This upcoming Cyber Week will be the biggest digital week ever. We predict that 40% of the entire shopping season’s revenue will be made the first week of…