Machine Learning

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the retail industry, forcing the closure of physical stores and causing uncertainty for the future of the in-store experience. These abrupt shifts have left many retailers scrambling to effectively serve customers through other channels. Digital-first and omnichannel retailers have pivoted more easily, but retailers that…

The city of Las Vegas and NTT Corporation (NTT) announced the Accelerate Smart project has expanded to include two new locations – the city’s Community Healing Garden and a portion of Las Vegas Boulevard at South Main Street and East St. Louis Avenue. As part of the partnership, NTT and…

Visual content, especially images, is an immensely important aspect of your website. They make your content easier to read and more engaging. Images also trigger emotions and entice your visitors to convert faster.  However, just because you are uploading a photo you previously downloaded from a stock photography site and…

In this episode of the McKinsey on AI podcast mini-series, we share a conversation between James Manyika, co-chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute, and University of California, Berkeley, professor Stuart Russell. They explore how we can ensure AI truly benefits humanity rather than causing us harm. According to Russell, doing so begins with…

The COVID-19 crisis has blindsided governments and companies alike. Stay-at-home guidance and social distancing measures across the country have dramatically changed the way we interact, learn and conduct business. While massive change can be disruptive, mobile networks can help leaders, teams, organizations and communities move forward creatively during an uncertain…

Spell – a leading end-to-end machine learning platform that empowers businesses to get started with machine learning projects and make better use of their data – announced its new Spell for Private Machines integration. With Spell for Private Machines, enterprise teams that are spearheading machine learning projects will be able…

Unique insights on the significant changes in consumer broadband usage during the worldwide stay-at-home order and how it is affecting networksSAN JOSE, Calif., May 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sandvine, a leading provider of network intelligence solutions, has announced the release of a special COVID-19 Global Internet Phenomena Report. This report…

Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with participation from Speedinvest. Founded in mid-2017 by Arsalan Zafar and Chri Besenbruch, who met while studying Computer Science at…

Our answer machines have an over-confidence problem. Google, Alexa, and Siri often front that they’re providing a definitive answer to questions when they’re on shaky ground—or outright wrong. Google’s Featured Snippets Are Worse Than Fake News, writes Adrianne Jeffries, pointing out the downsides of Google’s efforts to provide what Danny…

Digital marketers have to always keep their fingers on the pulse of search engine algorithms. Although we often think of algorithms as inanimate, fixed sets of rules, some are in constant flux — including Google’s PageRank algorithm, which was most recently updated in 2019. Capitalizing on new and emerging trends…