Many Oracle customers already are exploring the use of AI-powered chatbots to better engage with consumers, from Exelon, to National Pharmacies, to Bajaj Electricals. But can intelligent, conversational interfaces help companies to improve internal processes and employee productivity, and help employees in everyday business tasks? Turns out, the answer is "yes!" Take a look at what some of Oracle's own teams currently are doing with the help of artificial intelligence. In Oracle Sales Cloud, the team has invested in a "virtual sales assistant," which is a AI-powered assistant designed to help Oracle sales personnel increase their daily productivity.

At the 2016 Code Conference, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty talked with Recode's Kara Swisher about how her company is rethinking its place in the tech world, 105 years after its founding. And via our podcast Recode Replay, here is the full audio of Rometty's appearance: She explained what IBM has learned from a decade of work in artificial intelligence, which Rometty prefers to call "cognitive solutions," and why AI will affect every business decision within the next five years. She also argued that no modern company is B2B or B2C; instead, all of them are B2I, or Business-to-Individual.

Artificial intelligence will affect every business decision soon, she says. At the 2016 Code Conference, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty talked with Recode's Kara Swisher about how her company is rethinking its place in the tech world, 105 years after its founding….

The Washington Post owner talks a big game about defending the media. At the 2016 Code Conference, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talked with The Verge's Walt Mossberg about the „gigantic" potential of artificial intelligence to change everything from shopping to…