Google Maps is the latest product to get an infusion of Google’s generative AI model, Gemini. This involves several angles but the main takeaway is that Google Maps users will be able to tap into Gemini’s capabilities to make it more intuitive to find places and ask questions about them.
Apple Intelligence is now live with this week’s iOS 18.1 general availability. This will mean many things, as Apple Intelligence is more of an embedded set of system functions than it is a feature or app. But the most important thing it could do is to rescue Siri from its morass of mediocrity.
AI-driven enterprise analytics player Read AI is out today with a one-two punch. The first is a fresh Series B funding round, to the tune of $50 million. And the second is the expansion of its product from a call/meeting analytics tool to a broader play that spans email, Slack, and productivity tools like Jira.
PitchBook reports that venture funding for generative AI companies totaled $3.9 billion in Q3. This was spread over 206 deals, not counting OpenAI’s $6.6 billion round, as that’s an outlier that skews the data.
Walmart has federated several disparate tech efforts into its latest formalized program: Adaptive Retail. It contains some programs underway and some still developing, for a cocktail of emerging tech infusions.
It was only a matter of time. Google has started to integrate ads into its relatively new AI Overviews.
At the center of several trends we’re watching is Yext. The company embodies fundamentals in presence management – a core subset of local media & marketing – while also being at the vanguard of AI. We dive into insights from CEO Mike Walrath.
AI is only as good as the data that you feed it. And this concept of data readiness was the focus of a new study from Precisely and the Center for Applied AI and Business Analytics at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.
In this episode of This Week in Local, we dive into the latest tech trends from SIGGRAPH 2024, with a special focus on the keynote featuring Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang.
In this episode of This Week in Local, we dive into the latest tech trends from SIGGRAPH 2024, with a special focus on the keynote featuring Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang.
WordPress.com owner Automattic has launched a new writing assistant. Known as Write Brief with AI, the AI assistant function is meant to automate the tedious process of editing and improving website copy for individuals and SMBs.
OpenAI’s latest bar it has set involves its mobile app usage. Specifically, the ChatGPT app derived $28 million in net revenue on iOS and Android in July, according to Appfigures.
At SIGGRAPH 2024, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang imagined together a day when every small business would have a virtual assistant in the form of embodied avatars that support customers. We shoot holes in the idea.
Chatmeter announced today that it’s releasing version 2.0 of its Surveys product. One of the features nested within its Pulse AI: Signals platform, Surveys lets multilocation businesses gather customer insights.
My colleague Mike Boland and I have remarked many times in our discussions on Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast that one of the notable
Apple Intelligence will uplevel Siri, answering our question of whether Siri gets killed or gets a brain transplant. How exactly will Siri improve? We go down the list.
The past week in Local news was highlighted with Microsoft and Criteo transforming retail media, Tiger Pistol and AdBud, the potential effects of TikTok Shop,
According to research firm CB Insights’ State of Venture Q2 report, AI-focused startups accounted for 28% of venture funding globally in the second quarter of
With $6 million in seed funding, Enso aims to assist various SMB daily operations and marketing tasks through pre-programed and purpose-built AI agents.
The past week in Local news was highlighted with the news of Google local search enhancements, the new SOCi Chat, Walmart’s immersive shopping play and
