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The first AI powered trending store opens in London

Daily Mail - Science & tech

If you're a savvy shopper and constantly hunting down the newest fashion trends via social media then this AI fashion shop could be right up your street. In a first of its kind, the Trending Store pop-up in Westfield London is using AI to track social media fashion trends in real time. The shop will exclusively only stock the 100 trending pieces on social media and they will change each day dependent on what is most popular. The fashion boutique will then allow customers to browse and buy the full range of clothing and accessories in store with all proceeds going towards charity Save the Children. A pop up in Westfield London are using AI trends in real time based on what's trending on social media So how does it work?


Amazon opens 'try before you buy' service to all Prime members

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Amazon is increasingly claiming territory once held exclusively by department stores - and it's doing so again, essentially placing a dressing room in your house. The retail giant has officially launched service for Prime members that allows them to try on the latest styles before they buy at no upfront charge. Customers have seven days to decide what they like and only pay for what they keep. Amazon announced Tuesday, June 20, 2017, that it's testing a new service for its Prime members that lets customers try on the latest styles before they buy at no upfront charge, take seven days to decide and only pay for what they keep Shipments arrive in a re-sealable box with a pre-paid label for returns. The company had been gradually rolling out the service to Prime members in the US over the course of the year.


USAA Rolls Out Innovative Conversational AI Solution

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Going beyond traditional rules-based voice or chatbot digital banking solutions, a non-bot, natural language banking experience is being offered to USAA members in an Amazon Alexa pilot with Clinc. Last September, a team of computer science professors at the University of Michigan introduced an application developed in their research lab that they believed would change the way consumers would do banking in the future. Combining the science and technology from academia, with the needs for a better voice-first mobile banking capability, Clinc won'Best of Show' honors at Finovate in New York City with their Finie ("the financial genie") application. The intelligent personal assistant uses sophisticated natural language processing engines that have been trained with a deeper knowledge of the financial and banking industry as opposed to using a rules-based approach. Unlike solutions that currently exist from Siri, Alexa and Cortana, Clinc's machine learning capability allows the application to expand knowledge and improve responses with every query.


Clinc and USAA Partner on Innovative Conversational AI Solution

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Going beyond traditional rules-based voice or chatbot digital banking solutions, a non-bot, natural language banking experience is being offered to USAA members in an Amazon Alexa pilot with Clinc. Last September, a team of computer science professors at the University of Michigan introduced an application developed in their research lab that they believed would change the way consumers would do banking in the future. Combining the science and technology from academia, with the needs for a better voice-first mobile banking capability, Clinc won'Best of Show' honors at Finovate in New York City with their Finie ("the financial genie") application. The intelligent personal assistant uses sophisticated natural language processing engines that have been trained with a deeper knowledge of the financial and banking industry as opposed to using a rules-based approach. Unlike solutions that currently exist from Siri, Alexa and Cortana, Clinc's machine learning capability allows the application to expand knowledge and improve responses with every query.


Is Amazon getting too big?

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

SAN FRANCISCO – When Amazon made a bid for Whole Foods earlier this month, a company that's been a huge but largely online presence for consumers suddenly seemed to be everywhere, raising the question, "Is it getting too big?" In most of the areas Amazon has recently entered, be they groceries or streaming video or India, Amazon is far from dominant. But some observers fear that as Amazon's breadth grows, the power of its ecosystem could stifle competition and erode jobs. "Imagine getting your pay-TV service, groceries, banking, insurance, etc. all through one company. That's the threat that Amazon poses," said Michael Greeson, director of research at business analysis firm The Diffusion Group.


Amazon strikes again; the dressing room in your house

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Amazon is increasingly claiming territory once held exclusively by department stores and it's doing so again, essentially placing a dressing room in your house. The retail giant is testing a new service for Prime members that allows them to try on the latest styles before they buy at no upfront charge. Customers have seven days to decide what they like and only pay for what they keep. Amazon announced Tuesday, June 20, 2017, that it's testing a new service for its Prime members that lets customers try on the latest styles before they buy at no upfront charge, take seven days to decide and only pay for what they keep Shoppers pick three or more items and then have a try-on period of seven-days to find the best styles. The items arrive in a re-sealable box with a pre-paid label for returns.