STORY: From how tech assistants are paying salespeople, to why robots could become a reality, this is AI Weekly.
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Marketers got the power of bots during the Black Friday weekend.
Salesforce measurements showed stores that use AI tools to help customers see a 15% higher purchase rate on Saturdays.
Shoppers have also been using Gen AI tools like the Amazon Rufus chatbot to track prices and find deals.
This week Amazon also unveiled a bunch of new AI models.
Called “Nova”, it is intended to provide text, video and image processing, and it is faster and cheaper than ever.
Amazon also promised an AI-enhanced version of its Alexa voice assistant.
A company based in Norway and Silicon Valley wants to win the race to bring robots into homes.
Bernt Bornich is the CEO and founder of 1X and says AI is central to its NEO bot.
“In the long run this will do your laundry, clean your house, tidy up, and generally give you a lot of time back in life.”
The robots in the show have been piloted by humans from a distance, but the market-ready version will use AI and will arrive next year.
The 1X says it will cost about as much as a new mid-priced car.
Washington has unveiled a third round of curbs on the supply of US parts to Chinese shipbuilders.
It’s all part of a bid to stop the country from developing AI processors for military use.
But firms hit by the restrictions have said they will ramp up domestic production in response.
And ChatGPT maker OpenAI is facing a new challenge in how to train its bots.
Five Canadian media companies have filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that it regularly infringes copyright on their content as part of the process.
OpenAI has denied any wrongdoing, saying it only uses publicly available training material.
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