Lidl, the UK’s seventh largest retailer, has launched its first fully-automated, AI-powered, Facebook Messenger chatbot to help UK customers select the best wine whatever the meal or moment. Users simply type in a wine question and voilà, the answer appears! Lidl’s new chatbot – named Margot – will perform the role of shoppers’ virtual wine […]
London-based creative studio FIELD, released a new art series that visualises the invisible technologies that will shape our future. AI algorithms are the invisible force that increasingly define aspects of our lives; powering everything from voice recognition to self-driving cars and the new ways of finance. As individuals and as a society, we need new […]
Bungie, Activision, and AKQA announced the launch of the Destiny 2 Ghost Skill for Alexa devices. Bringing to life the ultimate video game sidekick, this announcement is putting gaming at the centre of the smart home, and the first-ever integrated voice companion in a live game experience. AKQA designed a unique, innovative way to enhance […]
At an event in New York, Voysis has announced its new product, Voysis Commerce, and released the findings of a research report that shows voice commerce and search is at a major inflection point for retailers and brands. The launch of Voysis Commerce comes shortly after the company revealed their breakthrough on WaveNet technology that […]
Qubit, the leaders in marketing personalisation technology, launched Qubit Aura, a product discovery solution for mobile web. The product has been built to help retail brands tackle a specifically mobile issue: while shoppers now spend equal time on mobile and desktop, the conversion rate for mobile is only half. Qubit Aura sits on an existing […]
Consumer robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company Anki, launched Cozmo, their incredible robot companion. Charming and mischievous, Cozmo is a real-life robot like you’ve only seen in movies, designed with fun and friendship in mind. Anki founder Mark Palatucci said that Cozmo “Brings together technology, artificial intelligence, game design and cinematic wonder, Cozmo rewrites the rule […]
In addition to showcasing some of the city’s best tech talent, 2017’s London Tech Week (LTW) provided an important gauge of the state and direction of tech advancement globally, with a focus on emerging technologies and the digital economy. Over the past 12 months we have seen verticals like 5G, AI, Robotics, augmented reality and […]
Location intelligence company, Blis has been on a roll over the last year, with some innovative projects and movements in the digital marketing space. During the Cannes Lions Festival, we sat down with their President, Harry Dewhirst, who told us about what Blis have been up to this past year and where they plan to go […]
In a world of direwolves, white walkers and dragons, there’s one thing missing: bots! Meet GoTBot, a friendly Facebook chatbot with answers to all of your Game of Thrones questions. Created by Catch, a digital creative agency in London, GoTBot is a Facebook Messenger chatbot created in solidarity with all the secondary characters you forgot […]
Standing in other people’s shoes is crucial to effective communications, yet technology and AI are changing our world at a continually accelerating pace. And so, at an event in central London recently, creative direct marketing agency Soul asked applied futurist and author Tom Cheesewright what he thinks the world will look like in five, ten or 20 years […]