“Progress in the field has been lightning fast – today, everybody who’s anybody in the Valley is racing to develop and use machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing and a range of other sub-fields to innovate and monetize. Already that race has seen intense jockeying for position, with early leaders and laggards swapping positions….
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Exceptional Customer Experiences Depend On More Than Data Alone
Components of Contextual Banking “Contextual banking is the foundation for providing the personalized, ongoing, omnichannel, unique, and seamless experiences wanted by consumers and talked about by bankers and credit union executives….The insights derived from this data and the analytics that follow provide the basis for response to any consumer action or request – across all…
Calls for a Shorter Work Week Intensify, With 1.5 Million UK Workers Slated to Lose Their Jobs to Automation,
“There is noise currently being made about adopting a 4-day working week in the UK, and Unite is furthering that call here. No small thing, given that the union represents 1.2 million workers. “Unite has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the threats automation poses to the 21 sectors of the British and Irish economy where…
Automation technologies, AI, and robotics are critical CIO targets
AI-enhanced RPA. “AI is only one dimension of automation, which also includes many sub-AI-level algorithms and tools. But increasingly, AI suffuses and boosts many different automation technologies — or will do so in the near future. For example, while RPA is creating a lot of operational value today, its future lies in cognitive-AI enhancement, a…
McDonald’s wants to become the Amazon of fast-food
“McDonald’s plans to install Dynamic Yield’s technology in its drive-thrus and self-order kiosks, as well as on its mobile app. The AI-powered software will let McDonald’s change what’s displayed on its digital menu boards based on factors including what a customer has already ordered, along with local weather and traffic conditions. More broadly, McDonald’s can…