Samsung Electronics and IBM announced at the Samsung Developer Conference, a new joint platform leveraging IBM Cloud and AI capabilities, and Samsung’s mobile offerings. The collaboration between the two companies brings together IBM’s capabilities with the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem for today’s enterprise customers. “The mobile industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation and opening up new […]
Yext has launched an AI-based search product for business websites – ‘Yext Answers’ to help brands answer customer questions with brand verified answers. It enables brands to deliver a contextual search experience on their own website that rivals the experiences of the most sophisticated search engines. Powering Answers is the Yext Knowledge Graph, which harnesses […]
Chinese tech giant Tencent has partnered with UK based AI company, Mirraid for to place ads in old movies, such as coffee cups and bus posters. Tencent, which owns social media platform WeChat, will test this out on its own video platform. However, if this experiment is successful, more video platforms might be eager to […]
The daily use of voice assistants in the UK has risen significantly in the past 12 months according to new research. The survey of 1000 smart speaker owners in the UK was carried out by digital experience agency Code Computerlove and Mediacom North to benchmark changes in the use of voice assistants in the past 12 months. Seven out of […]
Investment in UK-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies has reached record levels after the first six months of 2019 saw more investment than the entirety of last year, according to new data. Venture capitalists had invested $1.63bn (£1.32bn) into UK projects by June, surpassing the $1.21bn raised by the end of 2018 and marking a record […]
Macmillan Cancer Support is using artificial intelligence (AI) to drive sign ups to its ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ event on 27th September. The UK’s leading cancer support charity is working with technology platform Automated Creative for the second year in a row, with the aim of encouraging people to sign up to host their own […]
New research reveals that more than three-fifths of Brits (62%) don’t use their smartphone’s pre-loaded voice assistant capabilities. But for those that do, it suggests the greatest opportunity lies in their cars. AI and data-driven agency Artefact UK surveyed 2,000 British adults to understand how people are interacting with voice assistants both in and out […]
Health technology firm Philips has partnered with Chinese eCommerce firm JD for an AI-driven retail solution to maximise the performance of Philips’ flagship store in China. JD will leverage its AI technology to provide a comprehensive suite of solutions, including user portrait analysis, user behaviour analysis and user motivation analysis. JD will assist in business decision making, providing guidance […]
Smooch by Zendesk, an omnichannel conversation platform, has released State of Messaging: Travel, a report covering modern messaging technology and strategies used by travel brands to optimize customer service. The report takes consumers through all stages of booking travel with online messaging, including Pre-Stay, Pre-Flight, In-Stay and Post-Trip. “Travel is an industry that’s taking a leading […]
Ad tech platform Adform has launched a new cross device targeting solution, using AI to help marketers target single users as the switch from mobiles and desktops and other devices. The solution is powered by Adform’s new Cross-Device Graph, removing the need for an external cross-device vendor. The machine learning algorithm behind the graph maps […]