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Google kills “Duplex on the Web,” an automated website navigation feature

Google kills “Duplex on the Web,” an automated website navigation feature

Enlarge / After you press the “buy tickets” button, the Google Assistant takes over. Google Google kills product View more stories Google is shutting down a rather obscure project: Google Duplex on the Web. “Duplex” is Google’s branding for AI that does “simple but familiar tasks that saves you time.” The branding exists on two products: this “web” feature and Google’s human-impersonating voice AI, the… Source link

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Automated bars will be an ‘enhancement’ of concerts and sporting events

Automated bars will be an ‘enhancement’ of concerts and sporting events

If you ever spent what seems like a lifetime to get a beverage at a sports or concert venue, check out what’s in Denver. At Empower Field at Mile High, thirsty football fans will spend more time watching their new quarterback Russell Wilson do his thing—and less time waiting in long lines for a drink. That’s because TendedBar, an automated cocktail bar company based in Jacksonville, Fla., is adding Empower to its roster of venues. “I’m here to watch a game, to see a concert, an… Source link

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Google Finance Head: Anything That Can Be Automated, We Strive to Automate

Google Finance Head: Anything That Can Be Automated, We Strive to Automate

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is working to automate as many finance tasks as possible as it looks to reduce the amount of manual work that its employees have to do. The Mountain View, Calif.-based software giant is using a combination of tools, including artificial intelligence, automation, the cloud, a data lake and machine learning to run its finance operations and offers programming and other training to its employees. CFO Journal talked to … Source link

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Google Finance Head: Anything That Can Be Automated, We Strive to Automate

Google Finance Head: Anything That Can Be Automated, We Strive to Automate

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is working to automate as many finance tasks as possible as it looks to reduce the amount of manual work that its employees have to do. The Mountain View, Calif.-based software giant is using a combination of tools, including artificial intelligence, automation, the cloud, a data lake and machine learning to run its finance operations and offers programming and other training to its employees. CFO Journal talked to … Source link

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Google Finance Head: Anything That Can Be Automated, We Strive to Automate

Google Finance Head: Anything That Can Be Automated, We Strive to Automate

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is working to automate as many finance tasks as possible as it looks to reduce the amount of manual work that its employees have to do. The Mountain View, Calif.-based software giant is using a combination of tools, including artificial intelligence, automation, the cloud, a data lake and machine learning to run its finance operations and offers programming and other training to its employees. CFO Journal talked to … Source link

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Google launches automated vehicle ads

Google launches automated vehicle ads

Google will roll out vehicle ads to all U.S. advertisers beginning this month, the company announced Friday. An example of vehicle ads in the Google search results. Image: Google. Vehicle ads will roll out to advertisers in more countries at an undisclosed “later date,” Google said in the announcement. How vehicle ads work. Vehicle ads are designed to allow auto advertisers to promote their entire vehicle inventory to potential customers on Google.com. This… Source link

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Yandex, Grubhub Launch Automated Food Delivery At US College Campus

Yandex, Grubhub Launch Automated Food Delivery At US College Campus

Yandex Self-Driving Group (SDG), the autonomous vehicle arm of internet giant Yandex, and Grubhub have teamed up to introduce delivery robots to the Ohio State University (OSU) campus in the US. Orders placed by students and personnel via the Grubhub app will be delivered by a fleet of 50 Yandex robots, with the service operating from 9am to 9pm and serving both residential halls and communal areas. Each Yandex robot moves at between three and five miles per hour,… Source link

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McDonald’s automated drive-thru is just the latest sign of robots taking over fast-food

McDonald’s automated drive-thru is just the latest sign of robots taking over fast-food

Fast-food’s biggest players are letting the robots right in through the front door as they seek out ways to overcome rising wages and worker shortages.  McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski disclosed at a recent Wall Street conference the company is testing automated voice ordering for its drive-thru. The tests are being conducted at about 10 locations in McDonald’s backyard of Chicago, IL. “We have over the last several years spent a lot of money that shows up in the G&A line, looking at better… Source link

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