“U.S. consumers increased their online shopping by nearly 17 percent before Black Friday, according to new data published by Adobe Analytics this week. Online shopping spend topped $31.9 billion in the first 20 days of November, including the first ‘$2 billion day of the season,‘ analysts said. That day was Monday, Nov. 19.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2018/adobe-online-sales-black-friday-holiday-shopping/amp/
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Walmart Tests Same-Day Grocery Delivery In China
“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.”…
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…