Theo Wayt

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Theo Wayt

At Amazon, the rise of artificial intelligence tools that automate shoppers’ online purchases is raising a question: Should the company fight the startups that make these tools—or join them? The answer it’s leaning toward is maybe a bit of both.

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Theo Wayt

The tech industry has spent the past few years telling everyone that the artificial intelligence tools they’re building are about to change the world. But until recently executives at the largest tech firms haven’t been willing to spell out what exactly that means for the hundreds of thousands of white-collar staffers at their own companies.

3 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Theo Wayt

Source: The InformationWalmart plans to offer deliveries using drones from Alphabet subsidiary Wing from 100 stores in five new U.S. cities, the retailer said Thursday. The retail giant is adding Wing drone deliveries from stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and Tampa, on top of existing drone operations in Dallas and Bentonville, Ark. The company did not say exactly when it will start service in the new cities.

3 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Theo Wayt

Source: The InformationAmazon’s technique for choosing which offers from outside merchants to prominently display on its e-commerce site likely violates German antitrust laws and discourages price competition across online retail, the country’s antitrust regulator said Monday. Amazon awards the “Buy Now” and “Add to Cart” buttons on listings based on its own rules and algorithms, which the German Federal Cartel Office said are not transparent.

4 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Theo Wayt

Source: The InformationAmazon will license editorial material from The New York Times to train its artificial intelligence models, the companies said Thursday. Editorial content from The New York Times, as well from NYT Cooking and from sports-focused Times subsidiary The Athletic, will also appear in Amazon products and services, such as Alexa, the Times . The companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal.