“Start-up Refraction AI has launched a pilot program with ten of its REV-1 delivery robots in Austin, Texas. The service launched with Southside Flying Pizza for deliveries in the South Congress, Downtown and Travis Heights areas of the city, with scope to expand as more businesses come on board.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenextweb.com/news/these-cute-robots-deliver-pizza-across-austin-texas-syndication/amp
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Kellogg exec on AI uses cases, implementation, and ‘culture change’
“A Statistics report reveals that before the pandemic over 4.7 million people in the U.S. were working remotely at least half the time — a percentage that has since increased. And fully 75% of people using digital channels for the first time indicate that they’ll continue to use them when things return to a post-pandemic…
Sneaker eCommerce Platform GOAT Notches $195 Million
“Moreover, the firm plans to invest further in its “technology and brand” as it keeps its concentration on “providing a trusted end-to-end experience to its 30 million members and 600,000 sellers,” according to the announcement.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2021/sneaker-ecommerce-platform-goat-notches-195-million/amp/
Build, Buy, Rent: AI Approaches to Lending
“AI adoption accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new KPMG report on business adoption of AI. In financial services, 84 percent of leaders said AI is at least moderately functional in their organization, a 37-percentage point increase from the previous year. It’s official – AI is a must have. With the business…
Citizen data scientist training for augmented analytics
“According to QuantHub, there was a data scientist shortage of 250,000 people in 2020. Augmented analytics tools offer the promise of addressing some of these shortfalls by making the technology more accessible to non-data scientists. Genpact, a business transformation consulting firm spun off from GE in 2005, is doing exactly that. To date, around 70,000…