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 […]
Independent ad tech platform Adform has launched a cross-device targeting solution, which is backed by artificial intelligence (AI), expanding its existing identity management capabilities. The solution makes use of the company’s new Cross-Device Graph to offer enhanced user targeting across various devices and remove the need for advertisers to use an external cross-device vendor. Odin, Adform’s AI, […]
New research has highlighted that smart speakers in the home like Google Home and Amazon Echo are set to drive the next wave of eCommerce. A nationally-representative survey of 2,000 British adults commissioned by Artefact UK, an AI and data-driven agency, reveals six out of ten smart speaker owners (60%) have used them to make […]
Pond’s has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chat tool that can match skincare products to customers at a higher consistency match rate compared to dermatologists, it claims. The Skin Advisor Live bot, or ‘SAL’ for short, uses neuro-linguistic technology from Google and BrighTex BioPhotonics’s (BTBP) DeepTag skin diagnosis technology to tell people what the best products are […]
Precise TV, the leading social video advertising platform for hyper-granular contextual targeting and brand safety, launched its healthcare marketing solution, Precise+Health, and announced certification to become fully HIPAA compliant. Healthcare marketers are increasingly discovering the challenges in safely and compliantly targeting relevant audiences across video platforms. Keyword and affinity targeting often is falling short and […]