Artificial Intelligence

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Using AI To Stop Store Robberies In Real Time
May 22, 2017

Retailers aren’t just being robbed on line by cybercrooks. But physical retailers are being robbed and 70 percent of those robbers are never caught. Sean Huver, founder and CEO at Deep Science AI, tells Karen Webster how visual search can help to stop crimes in...

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Nuance Rolls Out AI Biometric Security Tools
May 19, 2017

Nuance Communications announced Thursday (May 18) a new suite of biometric security tools, driven by innovations in artificial intelligence. In a press release, the company said the new Nuance Security Suite includes not only voice biometrics technology, but facial and behavioral biometrics that combine to provide advanced protection against...

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Nasdaq Debuts AI-Enhanced Data Service
May 17, 2017

Recently, Nasdaq Inc. announced the launch of a new service that looks to put a subset of artificial intelligence technologies toward growing investor profit. Called the Nasdaq Analytics Hub, the new service will leverage machine learning to sift through social media, central bank, retail sentiment...

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Tencent To Open Seattle AI Research Lab
May 01, 2017

Chinese internet giant Tencent, which just last month passed Wells Fargo to become the world’s tenth most valuable public company, recently announced a play that looks to boost the company’s AI prowess. Tencent, whose mobile chat and social commerce app Wechat sees over 889 million...

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Topic TBD: Voice AI Reality Check
May 01, 2017

Voice-activated AI is certainly having its moment in the sun. What was a concept mostly in the realm of science fiction a decade ago, is now widely predicted to be the “next big thing” in life-changing technology. Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Allo, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana,...

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Oracle Rolls Out AI For Customer Experience Cloud Suite
April 27, 2017

Oracle, the software company, is getting into the artificial intelligence market, announcing a bunch of AI-focused capabilities for its Customer Experience Cloud Suite. According to a report in TechCrunch, the new enhancements are aimed at providing users with better, faster and more customized experiences. With the...

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Web Financial Group Brings AI To Digital Wealth Platforms
April 20, 2017

Web Financial Group, a data-driven managed service solutions provider, and Selerity, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered contextual search and automation company, announced Wednesday (April 19) they have partnered on content personalization solutions for the digital wealth market. In a press release, the companies said that by...

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Looks Like Bixby Isn’t Quite Ready To Ship With The S8
April 12, 2017

Looks like Samsung’s take on the virtual personal assistant is not quite ready for primetime as of yet — Bixby will not be shipping with Samsung’s widely anticipated release of the Galaxy S8. When S8 owners fire up the phones on April 21, they will...

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Aims To Augment The Brain To Keep Pace With AI
March 28, 2017

Elon Musk has launched another new company, Neuralink, which focuses on developing the capabilities of the brain through technological augmentation so that humans can one day keep up with artificial intelligence. According to TechCrunch, the company has been in the works for a while, with...