Israeli startup Fetcherr claims its artificial intelligence algorithm can provide that missing ingredient, at least when it comes to the world of pricing.

Banks must embrace digital transformation to create an entirely new banking experience that meet the demands and expectations of today's Millennials. They are looking for help, and you can either jump in and provide the assistance they need... or watch them save with someone else. According to Bankrate, 24% of adults say they have no money saved for an emergency like a layoff or medical bill. Even though this is its lowest level since the survey began in 2011, a whopping 25% of Millennials say they have no emergency savings whatsoever. "A lot of Millennials have seen their parent suffer financially through the recession," explains Andrea Woroch, a consumer saving expert explains.

Jay Baer, a digital marketing consultant in Bloomington, Ind., spends half his time traveling on business. That means he also has to spend hours each week coordinating that travel. Help has arrived with the Pana app, which employs artificial intelligence to aid customers. Virtual travel assistant services -- some from established companies like Facebook, IBM and Expedia, and others from new entrants like Pana and HelloGbye -- are now popping up worldwide, just as major hotel chains like Starwood and Hilton are incorporating robots into their everyday operations. Many of the virtual assistant services use artificial intelligence, a branch of computer science that simulates intelligent human behavior.

The First Trading Agent Competition (TAC) was held from June 22nd to July 8th, 2000. TAC was designed to create a benchmark problem in the complex domain of e-marketplaces and to motivate researchers to apply unique approaches to a common task. This article describes ATTac-2000, the first-place finisher in TAC. ATTac-2000 uses a principled bidding strategy that includes several elements of adaptivity. In addition to the success at the competition, isolated empirical results are presented indicating the robustness and effectiveness of ATTac-2000's adaptive strategy.