"AI IS LIKELY TO BE EITHER THE BEST OR THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN TO HUMANITY." The above quote beautifully sums up the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the human lives in the last few years or so. In fact, as per survey carried out by Statista, the global revenue from AI for the year 2018 was around $482 billion & it is expected that this figure will surpass $3061 billion by 2024. The above clearly tells you that AI is booming right now. Similar to AI, another field which is on the rise is E-Commerce. As per the research conducted by Statista, the worldwide retail E-Commerce sales for the year 2018 was around $2.8 trillion and it's expected that this figure will reach $4.88 trillion by 2021.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is in vogue. It's almost impossible to read an article in any media outlet that doesn't mention AI and the possibility it will reshape the world in which we live. In fact, according to research conducted by AT&T, AI has the potential to double GDP growth across geographies by 2035. Consumers are already interacting with a variety of low-level AI assistants, such as Siri, Cortana, and Alexa. With respect to the telecom sector, AI – supported by machine learning (ML) – is fundamental to controlling and operating communications networks of the future.

In an increasing digitalized world, consumers are expecting interactions via all communication levels and platforms such as personalized emails to in-app and web-based chat services. In addition to ease of communication, consumers are also expecting this service at a fast pace. Chris Messina, a previous developer at Uber, coined the term conversational commerce in 2015. The term lives strong today through players such as WhatsApp, Siri, Google Nest and Amazon Echo who are changing the way we shop. These "concierge" services make online shopping more convenient and personalized for all of us on-the-go.

At Las Vegas gadget show CES, Google is showcasing new features of its voice-enabled digital assistant including a language translator. We use this phrase every day. Once upon a time, the word "Google" just indicated a very long number. That extends to physical products as well. But the world's most powerful search engine can do more than find things.

Japan's infamous robot hotel, where gets are met by a dino-bot and room service bots roam the halls, has fired over half of its robot workforce, it has been claimed. The first Henn na Hotel opened in Nagasaki in 2015, and was certified the following year by Guinness World Records as the world's first hotel with robots on its staff. 'It's easier now that we're not being frequently called by guests to help with problems with the robots,' one staff member who has worked at the hotel for three years told the WSJ. Robots are no strangers to the Japanese, but the sight of a motion-sensing dinosaur (pictured) greeting you at the reception of a hotel is likely to startle even the most ardent automaton aficionado. It might be about the weirdest check-in experience possible, but that's exactly the point at the Henn na chain - whose name means'weird' The robot assistant in each room named'Churi' was one of the first to be fired, after guest discovered it was unable to answer basic questions.

The greatest buzzwords to come from 2018 were blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). Blockchain has had it's highs and lows, however AI is trending much more positively. Artificial Intelligence isn't brand new, we've seen the likes of Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and Google not only in our hands but now welcomed into our homes. All of these have gained huge momentum at a consistent pace for the last few years. Other well-known established tech companies, governments, and cutting-edge startups are all looking for a share of the expanding market, and Healthcare companies are right there with them.

Described as "the world's most powerful end-to-end encrypted communication device," Solaborate's HELLO 2 platform transforms any television set into a powerful communications device that responds intelligently to voice and touch. The device, which includes a 4K camera with night vision, wireless connectivity, sophisticated privacy controls, can turn a touch TV into a whiteboard and video conferencing platform. It can also integrate with Amazon Alexa and Google Home. And Solaborate is opening the device's platform to developers so that they can create extensions that will expand the device's functionalities. It is an AI-based device that translates a user's speech into another language and then back into the original. Powered by a quad-core processer, the Travis Touch works via 4G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and can also function off-line.

A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Can you fix voice recognition in new cars? After years of designing their own often-faulty voice recognition systems, auto companies are handing the reins over to tech giants that have already developed the technology for their devices. The trend is on full display at the 2019 Detroit auto show, where automakers are showcasing new vehicles with increasingly common systems that allow drivers to plug in their phones and bypass built-in infotainment systems. Using spoken commands to tune the radio, make a call or get directions has required patience, awkward pronunciation and frequent do-overs ever since it became possible in some vehicles earlier this century.

The new second generation Echo Show is bigger with a better display, but is size enough to keep Amazon ahead of stiff competition from Google? Since the original Echo Show launched last year the software has been refined, but the experience is broadly the same. The Show is a voice-first Alexa speaker, with touch interactivity as an additional input rather than the core experience. If you never wanted to touch the screen beyond the initial set-up,you wouldn't have to. When you do go to touch it, swipes and taps work as you might expect from a modern smartphone. Swipe down from the top to reveal a quick settings shade, including a smart home control panel, a place to trigger Alexa routines and one-tap access to alarms.

When you're lost, Siri can be your best friend. But if she can't retrieve the right address from your contacts, she can drive you crazy. And so it is with the legion of virtual personal assistants that are entering our lives. From Amazon's Alexa to Google's Home, people are busy talking to intelligent machines as never before. It's estimated that more than 60% of internet traffic is now generated by machine-to-machine, and person-to-machine, communication.