“Business on the rebound – predicting behavioral transformation Amazon’s sales during the second quarter of 2020 were up 40% on the same period last year, as even those who have so far shunned online retail were forced to re-assess their options.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2020/09/21/the-4-top-artificial-intelligence-trends-for-2021/amp/
Tag: COVID-19
Powering ecommerce sales for festive season and beyond
* “As online shopping continues to grow at breakneck speed, ecommerce players are riding the wave and increasing their spend on AR, VR and AI to entice and engage customers in anticipation of the festive season. * In its latest Adobe Digital Economy Index report for May 2020, Adobe Analytics found that ecommerce sales during…
AI test ‘can identify Covid-19 within one hour’, researchers say
“The Curial AI test has been developed by a team at the University of Oxford and assesses data typically gathered from patients within the first hour of arriving in an emergency department In an ongoing study, running since March, the researchers have tested the AI tool on data from 115,000 visits to A&E at Oxford…
Billionaire Tech Entrepreneur Tom Siebel Built A Massive Compendium Of Covid-19 Datasets. Some 2,000 Researchers Now Use It.
“Billionaire tech entrepreneur Tom Siebel struck gold with Siebel Systems, which he sold to Oracle in 2006, and is trying again with artificial intelligence firm C3.ai, valued at $3.3 billion. But as the pandemic hit, business slowed and he spent weeks immersed in how to use data to help Covid-19 researchers. He set up a…
UK Retail Survey: E-Commerce Trends Shifting Heavily Toward Amazon Shopping During The Pandemic
“New research by Wunderman Thompson Commerce reveals that fewer than two in ten (16%) of UK consumers intend to return to their old shopping habits post-lockdown The impact of COVID-19 may also be a tipping point for ethical concerns with nearly three-quarters (73%) wishing that retailers and brands would offer better environmental practices. Over half…