Tess Townsend
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Anthem thinks its ‘virtuous cycle’ with Doc.ai can improve patient care
Ted Goldstein, chief artificial intelligence officer for Anthem AI, and Doc.ai cofounder Sam De Brouwer talked about health care at Transform 2019. → Read More
How Walmart is getting more out of its data thanks to Nvidia’s Rapids
Walmart chief data officer Bill Groves and Nvidia data science GM Josh Patterson explain how Walmart is using Nvidia's open source Rapids software. → Read More
How to bring AI to industries that have no data
At Transform 2019, Western Digital chief data officer Janet George and AgShift CEO Miku Jha talk about industries with little or no data to train AI. → Read More
Lead from the top: What it takes to incorporate IoT into a legacy industry
McKinsey senior partner Mark Patel, Otis chief digital officer Neil Green, and John Deere engineering manager Mark Chaney talked IoT at Transform 2019. → Read More
Even Nvidia uses third-party computer vision technology
Gamers like to post photos of their souped up gaming PCs on social media, which is great for the companies who build the technology they use in their rigs. → Read More
Why retailers need to be creative when analyzing data
Doordash, Nike, and Target executives discuss how data is shaping how retailers make decisions at VentureBeat’s Transform 2018 conference. → Read More
OpenTable explains how to get a lot of value out of a little data
CTO Joseph Essas explains how OpenTable got so much better at predicting what users want by using only a little bit of big data. → Read More
Why you should think twice about AI solutions
At a Transform 2018 breakout session in Mill Valley today, executives explained that when considering AI solutions, companies should question the cost-benefit ratio. → Read More
How Nordstrom tapped into a century’s worth of customer data
Nordstrom marketing executive Brian Hovis knows his company is not a tech company. But in an effort to better reach customers and meet their needs, the retailer is getting savvy with artificial intelligence. → Read More
Why branding is so hard when it comes to voice
Google Home users got a surprise last year when their interactive microphone devices played what sounded like an ad for the live action Beauty and the Beast film starring Emma Watson. Some who heard the ad commented that they had never shown any interest in the movie. → Read More
Cisco’s AI push started with a small group of true believers
When Cisco started working on a unified analytics platform, the company was more concerned with finding the right people to do the work than with the data they were using, Cisco's vice president of strategy, Rajat Mishra, said at the VB Summit in Berkeley, California today. → Read More
How AI helped Walmart go from 700,000 to 60 million items online
Walmart.com is bigger than you might think. The site has 60 million items for sale, Walmart CTO Jeremy King said at the VB Summit in Berkeley, California today. → Read More
Navigation app Waze is integrating with Android Auto
Cars are ripe for operating systems, and adding the app could give Google’s solution a boost. → Read More
Google says it has tripled its big cloud deals over the last year
The number shows Google’s cloud business is growing, but doesn’t give us a good sense of how well it’s competing. → Read More
Google is still growing 21 percent — and its cloud segment is growing even faster
Despite a $2.7 billion fine, Google’s parent company beat expectations for revenue and profits. → Read More
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is joining Alphabet’s board
Another vote for Google! → Read More
Here are some of the coolest trailers from Comic Con 2017 so far
Get ready, nerds! → Read More
Here are some of the coolest trailers from Comic-Con 2017 so far
Get ready, nerds! → Read More
Google is having trouble pushing its Facebook-like newsfeed to Android devices
The best way to experience Google’s news feed appears to be with an iPhone. → Read More
Alphabet’s EU fine will overshadow its second quarter earnings
In other news, Google is rebounding from the YouTube ads boycott. → Read More