Sony Corporation has said that it will build an AI-based ride-hailing system in Japan in partnership with five taxi companies. The service will use artificial intelligence to manage taxi dispatches and forecast demand based on factors like weather, traffic and local events. Sony’s announcement came just before Uber chief executive officer Dara Khosrowshahi, who is currently […]
In a UK and ROI first, Domino’s is leveraging Tinder’s new chatbot to help singletons find a date. Enter Dom Juan, the digital love guru. Appearing as a normal profile, this thumb-stopping chatbot is a chat-up line expert who wants you to swipe right. Dom Juan will start to help as soon as you’ve matched […]
WeCounterHate is a new campaign by POSSIBLE that seeks to reduce hate speech on Twitter by turning retweets of these hateful messages into donations for a good cause. What topic gathers more tweets and retweets than the MLB, the Grammys and the Super Bowl? Hate. Racist messaging is unfortunately one of the more popular topics on […]
Sprint has introduced the world to “Evelyn,” a highly intelligent robot and star of its Super Bowl LII commercial. The 60-second commercial, which ran in the first quarter, is titled “Evelyn” and captures her making smart, rational decisions and questioning her human creator’s choice of wireless carrier. He just happens to be on Verizon. Evelyn […]
Google has added updates to its flight booking service Google Flights that will give passengers a heads-up before they arrive at the airport. Google said in a blog post that Flights’ machine-learning algorithms will use historic flight status data to provide live updates and reasons for delays, such as weather or an aircraft arriving late. […]
Lidl, the UK’s seventh largest retailer, has launched its first fully-automated, AI-powered, Facebook Messenger chatbot to help UK customers select the best wine whatever the meal or moment. Users simply type in a wine question and voilà, the answer appears! Lidl’s new chatbot – named Margot – will perform the role of shoppers’ virtual wine […]
Virgin Holidays has released the result of AI marketing efforts and revealed a significant uplift in open rates from using AI-generated email subject lines. The results equated to several million pounds in revenue for the holiday giant. Over the past three years, Virgin Holidays has seen a sizeable increase in revenue equating to several million […]
The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas is where the globes Technology Brands for the past 51 years have converged to brag, showcasing what they are doing in advancing technology. This year an estimated 3,900 exhibitors from 150 different nations will have done so to over 180,000 forecasted visitors and a global media audience. […]
It’s that time again when industry experts, including the team here at Code Computerlove, predict what will be the key trends in the year ahead. Taking aside the three technology-related trends that are dominating trends talk in 2018, Code Computerlove’s Louis Georgiou shares his views on where the digital industry is heading next and what […]
Huawei has announced that it has entered into artificial intelligence (AI) alliance with Internet search provider giant Baidu. The goal of the partnership is to foster a new mobile and AI ecosystem by leveraging Huawei’s hiAI platform and Baidu Brain, a compendium of the company’s AI assets and services, and combine hardware and software to […]