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BCG - Secrets to Scaling GenAI in Information Services
[Business]
2024/06/10 09:05
The market for GenAI products is growing rapidly, yet many companies have difficulty developing tools at scale. BCG’s new survey of information services providers reveals four key barriers to successful scaling: output accuracy requirements, organizational capability or capacity, systems integration, and data preparation and management. To overcome these challenges:Set a threshold that meets a...
Microsoft Aurora : The First Large-scale Foundation Model of the Atmosphere
[Tech]
2024/06/10 09:04
When Storm Ciarán battered northwestern Europe in November 2023, it left a trail of destruction. The low-pressure system associated with Storm Ciarán set new records for England, marking it as an exceptionally rare meteorological event. The storm’s intensity caught many off guard, exposing the limitations of current weather-prediction models and highlighting the need for more accurate foreca...
(Video) Cute Modular Robot is Designed to Keep Your Pets Happy and Fed
[Product]
2024/06/10 09:03
Robots are slowly but surely invading our homes, but most of them come in the form of cleaners or toys for our amusement. We might not be the only intelligent lifeforms in the house, however, and the small members of our family also deserve their due, especially when we have to leave them alone for the day. Smart home security cameras are fine if you just want to watch or talk to your pets whil...
(PDF) BoF - Building an Effective Loyalty Programme
[Business]
2024/06/07 09:10
Serving as the ‘heartbeat’ for brands and retailers that deploy them with the right rewards, loyalty programmes incentivise repeat purchases, boost customer lifetime value and provide businesses with invaluable data for personalised marketing. But brands need to balance costs and benefits while creating a programme that supports their goals, maintains brand equity and keeps users engaged.The...
Dove Becomes First Beauty Brand To Ban AI-Generated Women In Ads
[Business]
2024/06/07 09:09
Dove has become the first beauty brand to commit to zero AI when it comes to representing women in their advertising.Dove has become the first beauty brand to commit to never using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to represent women in its advertising. This commitment comes alongside the brand celebrating a significant milestone. It’s been twenty years since Dove launched their “Campaign for Real...
(Patent) Humane Filed a Patent Application for a “Pocket Assembly”
[Tech]
2024/06/07 09:08
Humane’s Pocket Protector : Humane may be looking to give its AI Pin some fashion tips.The startup filed a patent application for a “pocket assembly” that integrates the AI Pin, its critically panned $700 flagship device which debuted in November, into garments. This short and sweet patent describes a pocket that essentially hides the device from view while a user is wearing it, without obst...
1 in 8 U.S. Adults Have Taken Ozempic or Similar Drugs
[Consumer]
2024/06/07 09:07
Most adults (62%) say they have taken a GLP-1 drug to treat a chronic condition including diabetes or heart disease, while 43% say they have taken a GLP-1 primarily to lose weightAs GLP-1 medications continue to make headlines as an increasingly popular tool for weight loss, a new survey reveals that one in eight adults in the United States has taken a GLP-1 drug like Ozempic or Mounjaro at som...
China’s New Luxury Marketing Frontier : Mystic Jewelry
[Business]
2024/06/07 09:06
Stressed young Chinese white collar workers are buying hard luxury items they believe bestow good luck.Consumers in China are increasingly ascribing luxury goods like Vivienne Westwood’s Saturn and Tiffany’s Smile necklaces with fantastical powers thanks to a growing interest in astrology, divination, superstition and other esoteric beliefs.One netizen shared online that she was able to get r...
The World’s Biggest Tourism Spenders
[Consumer]
2024/06/07 09:05
China is yet to fully recover from its pandemic-induced travel slump, with projections forecasting outbound tourism to be back on track by the end of 2025. According to the latest available data from the UN World Tourism Organization, the Asian nation lost its position as the world’s leading tourism spender in 2022, after having held the position since 2013.Although China still saw an increase...
Dual Screen Laptop Proposes a Unique Design to Solve The Laptop Monitor Problem
[Design]
2024/06/07 09:04
In exchange for portability and mobility, laptops give up some power and flexibility, especially when it comes to things you can connect to. Sure, you can still connect plenty of peripherals, but you’re limited not only by the amount of ports available but also by the space you have around your laptop. A dual monitor laptop, for example, is inconvenient and even impossible in some circumstance...
AI Household Waste Tracker Uses GPT to Tell You How to Correctly Dispose of Trash
[Design]
2024/06/07 09:03
While companies like Google and OpenAI have been showing their AI’s multimodal capabilities at identifying the color of objects, or human expressions, an AI hardware company is putting the power of LLMs to good use by having them identify trash. Binit, a Finnish startup, has developed a tiny hardware device that scans your trash and then tells you how to accurately dispose of it. It doesn’t j...
(PDF) BCG - Building the Travel Company of the Future
[Business]
2024/06/06 09:10
Future-ready travel industry leaders produce superior financial and nonfinancial outcomes by improving their customer experience, commercial excellence, operational innovation, and cost and resilience. Travelers influenced by social media expect more from travel-company services. That plus cost pressures are redefining the competition, pushing companies to change how they operate:According to o...
