AI chatbots can boost sales, but only when customers don’t know about them
According to new research published in Marketing Science, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can increase sales by four times more than inexperienced workers.
However, if customers...
Microsoft announces $1bn investment in OpenAI
Microsoft has announced a $1 billion investment in the artificial intelligence (AI) startup OpenAI.
Microsoft said in a news release that the two companies will...
Automated system generates actuators that no human can do by hand
Researchers designed an automated system using 3-D prints that generates robotic parts for novel tasks. The parts, called actuators, are optimized according to a...
SAS to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence
SAS announced that it is to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence over the next three years. The company will invest in expert services,...
QinetiQ clinches US Army CRS(I) contract for small ground robots
QinetiQ North America has clinched a contract for the US Army CRS(I) progam for small robots. CRS(I) stands for Common Robotic System-Individual. The seven-year...
Huge surge in AI patents, says WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) says that there has been a huge surge in AI patents. AI is rapidly becoming a part of all...
Faster robots bad for worker morale
Faster robots tend to demoralize co-workers, a team of researchers has found. When robots perform better than humans in contests for cash prizes, we...
Using machine learning to build more capable capacitors
Capacitors, with their recharging speed and high energy output, may play an important role in powering future machines. Examples of machines of the future...
AI-powered chatbot created by Atos and Google Cloud for T-Mobile NL
Atos and Google Cloud have created an AI-powered chatbot for T-Mobile Netherlands. The AI-powered chatbot will be part of N-Mobile's digital transformation plan.
According to...
What is the potential of AIEd (AI in education)?
What is the potential of AIEd, i.e., AI tools in colleges and school? How can we maximize the benefits of AI and minimize the...