We must grapple with tough questions about artificial intelligence before it’s too late, Susan Schneider says. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-11-22 01:43:20 UTC ]
For 30 glorious days each year, brands in every category reach out to LGBTQ+ consumers and say, "We see you (and your wallets)." By July, the media and marketing industries have usually abandoned their rainbow-tinted Pride goggles. This year though, the LGBTQ+ community was gifted a brief,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-09-03 22:13:52 UTC ]
Orlando software and digital publishing firm firm BlueToad Inc. has partnered with Amazon Inc. to launch a new voice technology service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon Polly, a service that turns text into speech, will adopt a Neural Text-to-Speech Newscaster Voice program that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-08-05 16:04:37 UTC ]
As we enter the fourth industrial revolution, book publishing and manufacturing are being affected by automation, data exchange, artificial intelligence, and more. This webinar will explore what it means for publishers and manufacturers, what industry leaders are already doing, and how they plan... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2019-08-05 15:22:41 UTC ]
Facebook issued its latest report on enforcing decency standards on the social network Thursday, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the opportunity to criticize calls for the company to be broken up by regulators. In its "Community Standards Enforcement Report" posted online, Facebook provided... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-05-23 19:54:32 UTC ]
No invitation to Hogwarts required. When Harry Potter first comes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he is stunned to see the portraits that line the school’s storied stone walls move and talk. Thanks to artificial intelligence, that just might be a reality some day.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-23 12:27:04 UTC ]
The camera whirs into focus. Distorts. Whirs into focus again. Scanlines and static make the scene hard to process at first, but they slowly fade. There’s an astronaut here—Emma Fisher, one of your crew. She sounds worried. “That wasn’t good. SAM, run your self diagnostic procedure. What... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2019-05-21 14:00:00 UTC ]
As a social media platform with global reach, Facebook leans extensively on its artificial intelligence and machine-learning systems to keep the site online and harmful content off it (at least, some of the time). Following its announcement at the st... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-05-20 10:30:00 UTC ]
The social network has a plan to merge the worlds of artificial intelligence and real-world machines, so that both may grow more powerful. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-05-20 10:30:00 UTC ]
For quite a few years, artificial intelligence seemed like just another buzzy term with vague implications on the publishing industry. But now, publishers are putting it into action. Through a range of applications, AI and natural language processing are being used by publishers to streamline... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2019-05-03 19:33:38 UTC ]
Taking a talk to Texas, the Frankfurter Buchmesse's Holger Volland will be in conversation with Martina Mara of the Austrian Council on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence during SXSW on March 10. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Stages a Conversation on AI During SXSW appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Voice and artificial intelligence are the most likely candidates to further disrupt the book business, according to the results of a survey of the book trade's most innovative, the FutureBook 40, conducted ahead of FutureBook Live, The Bookseller's publishing conference taking place on 30th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
With an eye to 2023, when Italy will be Frankfurt's Guest of Honor, a new, expanded exhibition space is being inaugurated. And the book fair will be surveying publishers on issues around artificial intelligence. The post Frankfurt Notes: Italy Sending 249 Publishers; AI Survey at the Buchmesse... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two experts in education, artificial intelligence and new technologies will give keynote speeches for The Bookseller's EdTech Conference, held as part of FutureBook Live 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson is concentrating efforts in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) and has hired a former Intel executive, Milena Marinova, to be its senior vice president for AI products and solutions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Say goodbye to M, Facebook's experimental virtual assistant. The company is shutting down M's services without even letting it leave the testing phase, where it had operated since 2015. The service once seemed to hold the promise of acting as a digital concierge, helping people book hotels,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the ARTS+ area of the Frankfurt Book Fair, artificial intelligence and virtual reality collided with arts and culture to explore new ways of doing business and providing engaging experiences. The post Frankfurt Book Fair: ARTS+ Equals Tech and Innovation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is taking another step to penalize the lowest quality websites by lowering their visibility on the social network.Facebook is using artificial intelligence to identify when a link leads to a website with the worst ad experiences, like sponsored content spam and other negative cues, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher is using artificial intelligence to turn Facebook Messenger into an interactive book recommendation engine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
From football reports to clickbait, programs are changing the way the news is createdLook closely at what many journalists write about artificial intelligence – from AlphaGo’s triumph at the ancient Chinese board game Go to Microsoft’s accidentally racist Twitter bot – and you might detect some... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]