“’The fact that [customers are] connected to the internet of things opens the door to the broader spectrum of payment activity. That allows us to do is to build deeper profiles, [which AI can use] to better predict if [a transaction] is something [the customer] would do,’ Monroe said. This influx of new data means…
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Retail and Banking Lead in Global AI Spending, According to Report
“The retail category as a whole will spend $5.9 billion this year on tools like automated customer service agents and product recommendation generators, while the banking sector is set to put $5.6 billion toward more security-oriented AI uses like fraud prevention and threat intelligence, according to the report. Total spending from businesses on AI is…
Easy Money: Technology Is Reinventing Banking In Arkansas
“In BOND.AI’s case, that means incorporating artificial intelligence to turn your phone into an interactive money manager. One part personal shopper, one part hand-held monetary conscience, the app finds lower loan and credit card interest rates, critiques and optimizes spends and squares today’s outflow with future aspirations such as saving for retirement or a house….
Vice’s Creative Agency Built a Genderless AI Voice—And It Wants Big Tech to Adopt It
“Q, which debuted on Monday at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, is a composite of dozens of voices of people who identify as non-binary. To create the voice, Virtue and partners including Pride Copenhagen, linguists and technologists recorded the voices before creating a composite of all of them. The team then had 4,500 people…
Microsoft’s new AI Business School teaches execs how to lead AI initiatives, for free
“Microsoft on Monday launched a free, online AI Business School to help business leaders navigate creating an AI strategy. Courses include: “Introduction to AI technology for business leaders,” “Define an AI strategy to create business value,” “Discover ways to foster an AI-ready culture in your business,” “Identify guiding principles for responsible AI in your business.”…