digital transformation

IBM Launches Supply Chain Anomaly Detection Tool
IBM Launches Supply Chain Anomaly Detection Tool
May 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

IBM announced the launch of a new supply chain management solution deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to detect anomalies in the supply chain. In a press...

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Call Centers Get Smarter — Thanks To AI
Call Centers Get Smarter — Thanks To AI
May 15, 2019  |  call center commerce

Call centers are experiencing increasingly greater volumes, with more than 55 billion agent-assisted calls being handled each year in the U.S. alone. Any business with...

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Data Dive, New Rules Edition: Starbucks, San Francisco And Card Interest Rate Caps
Data Dive, New Rules Edition: Starbucks, San Francisco And Card Interest Rate Caps
May 13, 2019  |  Data Dive

Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited with saying that if one were able to build a better mousetrap, the world would beat a path to their...

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Locus Raises $22M For Supply Chain Optimization
Locus Raises $22M For Supply Chain Optimization
May 13, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Logistics startup Locus has secured $22 million in new funding, according to reports today (Monday, May 13). The company said in a press release sent...

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Sales From Chatbots Could Reach $112B By 2023
Sales From Chatbots Could Reach $112B By 2023
May 10, 2019  |  Retail

In a report that studied the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on retail, Juniper Research estimates that retail sales stemming from interactions with chatbots are...

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Storage App Used Photos To Train Facial Recognition Software
Storage App Used Photos To Train Facial Recognition Software
May 09, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A popular photo app called Ever, which was ostensibly used for cloud storage of photos, has been using customer pictures to train facial recognition AI...

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Megvii Raises $750M For $4B Valuation
Megvii Raises $750M For $4B Valuation
May 08, 2019  |  Investments

Megvii, the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that goes by the name Face++, announced on Wednesday (May 8) that it has raised $750 million in...

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Google I/O To Highlight Google Assistant, New Smart Speaker
Google I/O To Highlight Google Assistant, New Smart Speaker
May 06, 2019  |  Google

It’s only spring, but in a digital commerce and payments sense, it’s also the early version of Christmas. Google’s latest I/O conference is scheduled to...

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Toyota AI Ventures Launches $100M Fund For Tech Startups
Toyota AI Ventures Launches $100M Fund For Tech Startups
May 02, 2019  |  Investments

Toyota AI Ventures, the venture capital arm of Toyota, has announced the launch of Fund II, a $100 million fund that will invest in early-stage...

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