The Internet & Television Association (formerly the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and commonly known as the NCTA) estimates that 80% of residences in the United States have access to gigabit speeds from cable companies via HFC and FTTH. Cable operators seek to solidify their position within consumer markets for broadband services as wireless carriers seek to leverage the enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) component of 5G to gain a foothold for indoor residential and small business services. With little competition in the consumer in-home segment, certain wireless carriers see fixed wireless as a pathway to early revenue as their vendors work diligently to ensure eMBB services may be provided on a mobility basis rather than simply portable or fixed wireless solutions, which shall be predominate initially. A battleground is emerging for consumer broadband between cable companies espousing 10G (meaning symmetrical 10 Gbps speeds delivered over hybrid fiber-coaxial networks and not tenth generation) versus wireless carriers such as Verizon Wireless who will pursue the residential and small business market with fixed wireless 5G. Earlier this year, AT&T likewise stated that 5G will be a substitution for fixed-line broadband within the next three to five years. However, we see the consumer segment as a major challenge area for mobile communications service providers due to a few key factors including market inertia and deployment of WiFi6 devices.

Thanx, a leading provider of digital guest engagement and retention tools for retailers and restaurants, today announced an enhanced offering for intelligently identifying and winning back valued guests with a high risk of churn. Thanx Personalized Winback uses an advanced ensemble-based Machine Learning algorithm to predict the churn likelihood of an individual guest based on nearly 40 data points, including spend and visit frequency compared to past behavior, recent and historic customer satisfaction, average check, LTV, likelihood of reacquisition and more. Once identifying the right at-risk guests, Thanx Personalized Winback automatically encourages those guests to return with personalized incentives. This press release features multimedia. Based on this cutting-edge Machine Learning capability, Thanx predicts an individual's likelihood of churn faster and with a higher degree of accuracy than traditional retention programs.

Artificial intelligence and the digital transformation must be inclusive and generate benefits for all Europeans, including vulnerable groups. At the high-level conference on Artificial intelligence, robotics and digital services for the wellbeing of citizens, organised by the EESC in Helsinki on 21 November 2019 in cooperation with the Finnish EU Presidency and the Finnish Ministries of Social Affairs and Health and Transport and Communications, EESC members reaffirmed that people must remain at the core of new technological developments. Ariane Rodert, president of the EESC Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption (INT), underlined that artificial intelligence was one of the main political priorities of the EESC's current presidency and said: Artificial intelligence must be developed in a safe, unbiased way and, above all, must be in keeping with the values of the EU. We need to ensure that artificial intelligence and its applications promote people's wellbeing and empowerment, with due respect for fundamental rights. On the same wavelength was Pierre Jean Coulon, president of the EESC Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN), who declared: Digitalisation is everywhere: in health, transport and energy, and it affects the lives of everyone.

The Air Force has signed a deal with Trueface, a developer of computer vision systems, to provide facial recognition, license plate recognition and weapon detection for an unnamed air base. This comes after the Air Force hired the company earlier this year to conduct research on how to use facial recognition software on bases. The new pact was built out of the initial research they worked on this year, according to a Medium post from Mason Allen of Trueface. Both the Air Force and Trueface declined to say which base the technology would be used but Shaun Moore, CEO of Trueface, said the company had more plans to work with the government and military institutions on these kinds of projects. "The goal here is to protect the assets and people on base," Moore said in an interview.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") announced today that the underwriters of its initial public offering of common shares, which closed on October 31, 2019, partially exercised their over-allotment option having purchased an additional 2,068,135 common shares of the Fund. The closing of the partial exercise of the overallotment option occurred on November 19, 2019. The gross proceeds of $41,362,700 from the partial exercise of the over-allotment option brings the total amount raised in the Fund's initial public offering to $656,362,700. The Fund's common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AIO." Pursuant to their over-allotment option, the underwriters of the Fund's initial public offering may still exercise the right to purchase up to an additional 2,544,365 common shares of the Fund until December 12, 2019, which would bring the total amount raised in the Fund's initial public offering to $707,250,000.

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Our society relies heavily on digital devices and channels, and with that the concept of identity has quickly become the foundation of every customer interaction--particularly within the digital advertising ecosystem. In response to the emerging strategic importance of identity, Experian today announced a new innovative solution that uses the fusion of data and artificial intelligence, to help marketers connect Mobile Ad IDs (MAIDs) with digital and offline identity attributes to better understand their target audiences. Powered by Experian's vast data assets and identity platform, the new solution incorporates machine-learning algorithms, as well as deterministic and probabilistic techniques, to sift and connect billions of advanced identity signals and data elements, including MAIDs, from a wide variety of internal and external sources. The outcome of this process allows brand marketers to implement more effective analytics, audience segmentation and activation, and measurement capabilities. "Experian has always been a leader in identity resolution, helping brand marketers more accurately identify and understand customers, while also keeping customers at the heart of every marketing strategy," said Kevin Dean, Experian's president and general manager of Marketing Services, North America.

While Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an ever-increasing part of consumers typical daily lifestyles, the military uses of AI will have an even more effect in the global military market. A recent report from Zion Market Research sad that the global artificial intelligence in military market was valued at approximately USD 4,800 million in 2018 and is expected to generate around USD 16,300 million by 2026, at a CAGR of around 14.5% between 2019 and 2026. Another report from ResearchAndMarkets projects that the Global Military Artificial Intelligence Market report projects the market to grow at a significant CAGR of 18.66% on the basis of value during the forecast period from 2019 to 2024. It said that North America dominated the global military artificial intelligence market with a share of 48.23% in 2019. It added: "North America, including the major countries such as the U.S., is the most prominent region for the military artificial intelligence market. In North America, the U.S. acquired a major market share in 2019 due to the major deployment of countermeasures in the defense sector in the country. The global military artificial intelligence market has gained widespread importance owing to the rising adoption of artificial intelligence for the military operation."

Newswire) VSBLTY Groupe Technologies Corp. (CSE: VSBY) (5VS.F) (VSBGF), a leading retail software and technology company, announced today that-in partnership with Onyx-Cognivas Pty.-it is launching two privately-led security deployments in South Africa to support community safety initiatives. The state-of-the-art security technology will protect two prominent high-rise residential apartment buildings in the upmarket Sandton area, a high income residential, financial and business suburb of Johannesburg with a population of 225,000. The rollout plan is to deploy this technology across several apartment blocks, a hotel and commercial properties in the precinct-with the objective of deploying a "private Smart City". In addition, advanced custom sensory applications are planned to be installed in a well-known petroleum group with convenience stores/service stations throughout South Africa. The announcement was made by Jay Hutton, VSBLTY co-founder and CEO, who said, "We are excited to provide complete Smart City-like security solutions in Sandton. This state-of-the-art technology uses the power of machine learning and computer vision."

When you think about artificial intelligence, chances are you think about anthropomorphic robots that can make decisions on their own. But artificial intelligence already has huge impacts in the insurance space. That's why I'm excited to announce that omni:us founder and CEO Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin. This way, omni:us customers can use the platform for automated claims handling. The startup doesn't want to disrupt existing insurance companies.