News Transportation This new AI tech will make sorting packages easier for Amazon's delivery station employees This technology, which derives from Amazon’s Vision-Assisted Package Retrieval (VAPR) system for delivery vans, uses visual cues to help employees identify the packages during the sorting process. Written by Amazon Staff Amazon is testing new technology that will help
Predictive analytics killed Subway’s $5 footlong. While the retirement of the sandwich chain’s famed economical menu item was bad news for sandwich fans, it provided a significant upside for Subway: increased profits. Predictive analytics gave the sandwich giant an unexpected insight—the increased sales brought about by the promotion weren’t offsetting the discounted price. As a
A humanoid robot hands its operator a lush red apple after he asks for something to eat. This isn’t science fiction—it’s a scene from a demonstration by Figure AI, flexing one of the latest capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI): multimodal AI. When the robot handed its operator the apple, its multimodal models were interpreting multiple
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s newly created company responsible for driving AI innovation across the Kingdom and globally, today announced plans to invest $5 billion-plus in a strategic partnership to build a groundbreaking “AI Zone” in the Kingdom. This first-of-a-kind AI Zone will bring together multiple innovative capabilities, including dedicated AWS AI
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to sharpen social media marketing strategies isn’t new—companies have been using AI-powered content recommendations and ad targeting since the early 2000s. But the arrival of more advanced AI tools is having an undeniable impact on how brands use social media: 66% of marketers say that AI has improved their influencer marketing
