German automation company Siemens offers Industrial Edge, a set of manufacturing solutions that are enhanced with Google Cloud technology. The partnership between the two companies brings Google Cloud's data cloud, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to Siemen's Industrial Edge to empower manufacturers with data-driven, all-in-one tools. With the enhanced tools, manufacturers can optimize the production line by processing real-time data about machine operations.

Since the Industrial Edge tools can be directly integrated into machines, the collected data can be efficiently processed at the point of retrieval or exported for further analysis in the company's cloud network. The tools assist manufacturers in identifying problems on the line, providing productivity projections, keeping machines updated, and more–all made more accessible through Google Cloud. Dominik Wee, Managing Director Manufacturing and Industrial at Google Cloud, said, "By simplifying the deployment of AI in industrial use cases, we’re helping employees augment their critical work on the shop floor."

Buzzo is the name of Haptik's artificial intelligence assistant and it was created to enhance digital shopping experiences. The AI-powered voice assistant is said to bring "the simplicity of an in-store assisted experience to apps and websites," as it helps users navigate product choices with a voice-enabled interface.

Buzzo taps into meta data like filters, reviews, pricing and tags to understand a user's voice commands given in natural language. Like an in-store service agent, Buzzo helps to make meaningful recommendations, as well as suggest upsells, cross-sells to make the shopping experience as worthwhile as possible.

Research supports the fact that eCommerce is only continuing to grow, especially in the midst of a pandemic, and "digital is now the default way of shopping for most Millennials."

Attabotics, a Calgary-based inventory management company, provides scalable robotic supply chain solutions using AI technology. The tech company, which makes inventory management more efficient through a proprietary storage and picking system, recently partnered with AtlaML and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute. The tripartite partnership enhances Attabotics' product by optimizing Internet of Things operations, improving human-machine interfacing, and advancing data management and analytic capabilities.

Attabotics' robotic supply chain solutions save companies large swathes of space as its inventory system takes up 85% less room than traditional fulfillment warehouses. This efficient layout, which is inspired by ant colonies, uses a cube-based 3D storage system design that is equipped with a robotic delivery system for easy order picking. The robotic supply chain is optimized by an AI-powered framework that allows more to get done in less time. Attabotics' robotic supply chain can be scaled up alongside the businesses that use it by adding additional vertical storage structures.

The GoKea logistics platform uses AI technology to offer hyperlocal logistics services to businesses in India. The digital platform caters specifically to the Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Bangalore areas and empowers local entrepreneurs to scale their businesses with a suite of logistics solutions. These customized solutions, packaged under the GoKea Now banner, have API integration to automate the ordering process. Some of these services include Now Express 45 for time-sensitive deliveries, Now Plus for high-value goods, and Now RetailGo for restaurants and food chains.

The GoKea logistics platform also offers other end-to-end services that handle many aspects of the supply chain. GoKea Connect offers tech-driven deliveries while GoKea E2E offers advanced supply chain management. Using automation and AI-driven technologies, the GoKea logistics platform cuts costs and creates value for businesses and consumers.

Scrypt AI is an invoicing software that uses cognitive automation to help businesses make accounting more accurate and efficient. The platform offers services for both Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AP). Scrypt AI's AP platform provides a Universal Invoice Hub that comes equipped with a robust set of tools to manage accounting, transactions, and documents. The AR platform automatically processes payments from end to end using automation software and predictive analytics.

Scrypt AI draws on cognitive automation–a combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data that mimics human behavior and employs adaptive decision-making–to revolutionize the AP process. This automation software precisely performs the mundane, repetitive tasks associated with accounting, resulting in increased productivity and fewer errors. Due to the lack of human teams, Scrypt AI's software can be effortlessly scaled up alongside businesses.

At a time when staying up-to-date in the market is of the utmost importance, the EDITED platform provides businesses with AI-powered market intelligence. The platform is made up of three products–EDITED Data, EDITED Analytics, and EDITED Research–that each play a role in building an informed retail strategy. EDITED Data uses an AI engine to sort through over 2.5 billion products to collect and curate relevant market data. EDITED Analytics builds easily accessible and shareable reports and dashboards based on comprehensive market research. EDITED Research allows businesses to work directly with EDITED's team of experienced Retail Analysts.

The EDITED platform has powerful analytic software that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to run real-time data collection. This software not only cuts out the intensive data collection process from market research but also provides the most current and actionable information to help businesses stay ahead of trends. The EDITED platform's recent acquisition of Dynamic Action added innovative real-time decision-making tools that use AI to optimize retailing.

Bearing.ai shipping, developed by startup veteran Dylan Kiel, is an AI-powered shipping system that uses data to increase operational efficiency. The shipping system uses deep learning and real data to create accurate algorithmic models that predict fuel consumption and speed among other factors. Bearing.ai shipping has a high level of compatibility with all kinds of shipping vessels, which ensures the system is accessible across the industry.

Bearing.ai shipping uses real-world data alongside the company's specific shipping data to generate routes that are optimized for speed and efficiency. These routes, which can be accessed by email or web application, automatically account and adjust for major shipping factors like weather throughout the shipping process. Bearing.ai shipping is in a closed beta stage and is currently only available to select early partners.

Metal Networks.AI is a B2B platform that is designed to connect buyers to suppliers in the industrial metal sector through its AI-powered technology. The platform provides a built-in search engine called JAQI, an AI Buyer Assistant, that optimizes supplier sourcing. Metal Networks.AI's proprietary engine uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to rapidly evaluate metal orders, find matches in close to real-time, and generate quotes for the sales associate to pass onto the buyer. This system takes the guesswork out of sourcing and cuts down on fruitless time spent combing for matches within traditional search engines.

Metal Network.AI's B2B cloud-based platform provides timely tools that streamline buying and selling industrial metal without additional costs and fees. The platform centralizes B2B interactions, creating a place for buyers and sellers to quickly connect online. Metal Network.AI's innovative tools are sold on a subscription basis.

DHL Supply Chain extends its warehouse functions with the latest collaboration alongside Locus Robotics. Continuing to digitalize the methods behind the scenes, -- this starts the motion of implementing up to 2,000 artificially intelligent robots at a global scale. The robots will be integral to the company's operation and will be mostly used for e-commerce functions. It assists with picking and inventory replenishment, which results in higher efficiency and speeds up the delivery process.

Robots can also help save time by eliminating the maneuvering pushcarts in warehouses, lower physical strain for employees on-site, and optimize performance at a larger scale. Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics states, “Our expanded partnership with DHL reflects the increasing demand for warehouse digitalization worldwide to meet today’s exploding fulfillment challenges, [...] Locus is proud to be a valued technology resource that is helping DHL realize their strategic vision of digital transformation.”

Coles, the Australian supermarket giant, strikes a deal with Relex Solutions to implement a cloud-based artificial intelligence platform to revolutionize fresh produce stock replenishment. The retailer will interweave the AI technology with its existing in-house analytics forecasting solution.

Relex Solutions is set to install across more than 850 supermarkets nationally and seven fresh product distribution centers. The goal is not only to automate the produce replenishment process and reduce food waste, but also to improve stock order forecasts through various factors such as weather, past purchases, and local community events.

Other notable benefits from the AI-based replenishment system include fresher products, improved customer experiences through targeted ranges, improved availability, and simpler processes for Coles' team members.

9am collaborated with Microsoft on HALO, a collection of digital height adjustable workstations that have lights and controls that can be adjusted with Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT.) The new digital height adjustable workstation collection HALO updates 9am's previous digital workstations with a focus on connection, sensing and smart guidance.

HALO integrates Pi lights to remind users not to be sedentary for too long, Wand C smart handset controls and a Digi Cube "brains" that detects human presence. With the Digi Cube, data can be processed and visualized to support an employee's management team, especially when it comes to reconfiguring desks.

As Shiyu Huang, COO of 9am, says: "By attaching smart devices to the desk, we enable employees to develop healthier working habits and enable managers to increase office usage rates while reducing costs at the same time."

The growth and potential found in the technology sector is causing brand to expand the packaging vision, in order to satisfy and anticipate consumer needs, as well as supercharge product experience. Illing Company Inc. is focusing particularly on the implications of artificial intelligence for the packaging sector.

One of its offerings—IllingConnect—seeks to "create a one-on-one dialogue between [the] brand and the consumer, both before and after the sale." At its core, it is a cloud-based platform that allows for product experience to be transformed through authenticity and storytelling, to deliver hyper-localized content, present one-click buying opportunities, protect from grey market diversion and counterfeiting, and much more. In addition, Illing Company Inc. also emphasized that artificial intelligence can expand the packaging vision also in regards to the supply chain, as well as sustainability.

The 'JobBot' job hunt assistant is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution for job seekers looking for an easier way to pinpoint the best opportunities. The chatbot will automatically notify the user if there is an opportunity open that fits their preferences on a daily, weekly or even hourly basis. Users can apply directly from Facebook Messenger using a basic career profile to get their foot in the door as quickly as possible.

The 'JobBot' job hunt assistant could help to greatly accelerate a person's ability to find the right job and also works on a worldwide basis to help professionals open up their options. The chatbot is likely to be a welcome addition to the world of job hunting given the traditionally tedious nature of the process.

The Logitech Scribe whiteboard camera is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution for the modern workplace that will provide professional teams with a new way to partake in brainstorming. The device works by being positioned over a whiteboard and will go to work broadcasting content in video meetings in a way that is highly precise. The unit also enables participants to see past the presenter to put a stronger focus on the content at hand.

The Logitech Scribe whiteboard camera is capable of automatically enhancing the color and contrast of text as well as sketches for enhanced clarity. The system can also recognize sticky notes placed on the surface, and comes ready to use with Microsoft Teams Rooms, Zoom Rooms and more.

The Jabra PanaCast 20 videoconferencing camera is a piece of hardware for professionals spending more time in remote meetings than ever before to help them broadcast the best-quality video possible.

The webcam is capable of capturing footage in crisp 4K Ultra HD resolution and makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to make subtle changes to the video stream to ensure it always looks its best. The camera also makes use of Intelligent Lighting Optimization, Intelligent Zoom and more to have professionals feeling more agile when on a call.

The Jabra PanaCast 20 videoconferencing camera utilizes the Edge AI chip within to prevent latency issues, while also putting security front and center fo users to appreciate. This is further enhanced with a physical privacy cover that can be used when not on a call.

Dreame Technology,'s Dreame Bot L10 Pro is an AI-powered robot vacuum cleaner that relies on intelligence obstacle recognition and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for getting around its environment. Over the last few years, the technology that helps robot vacuums move throughout a space has been vastly improved, as the devices are now faster at mapping, more accurate and even better at functioning in low-light conditions.

With artificial intelligence, this robot vacuum cleaner maps houses in real-time, so that it can respond accordingly to its environment. The Dreame Bot L10 Pro boasts millimeter-level detection of a 360-degree view, so that it can "automatically identify objects such as furniture, cable, slippers and avoid them accordingly in advance, reducing the risk of getting stuck or collided." The robot vacuum can also be programmed with specific cleaning areas and areas to avoid.

The FeverWarn 1100A body temperature scanner is a noninvasive solution for businesses and schools that would work to drastically enhance health tracking in a very simple manner. The system works by being positioned at entryways and goes to work taking the temperature of every visitor by simply scanning their first, hand or body before they enter. The OPX artificial intelligence software will provide a reading in 1.5-seconds from between one and four-inches away, while the built-in memory is rated to hold up to 1,000 scans.

The FeverWarn 1100A body temperature scanner will alert the person if they have a fever using both an audio and visual alarm, while the connected design will enable administrators to keep track of the system via Android or iOS devices.

The Microsoft Word Transform feature is a useful one for quickly turning text-based Word documents into professional PowerPoint presentations that come to life with imagery, videos, themes and dynamic fonts. The artificial intelligence technology is designed to look at a text document and populate a PowerPoint presentation using assets that it predicts will suit the material best. With this feature, people have the potential to save time looking for content on their own, rather than needing to start from scratch.

Those within Microsoft’s Office Insider program will find that the feature is now accessible, and in the future, Microsoft Word Transform will be coming to all web users. For the time being, it's limited to English-language Word documents and the tool is only compatible with select Internet browsers.

The Josh Micro smart home control button is a artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Internet of Things (IoT) hardware solution for users who are in search of a way to optimize the functionality of the various equipment in their living space.

The unit can be easily mounted on a wall or positioned on a flat surface and will go to work providing users with the ability to control lighting, music and a range of other functions in the home. Users can incorporate the units into every room in their home in order to add in voice assistant connectivity, while the customizable buttons will deliver an enhanced sense of personalization.

The Josh Micro smart home control button is finished with a fashionable aesthetic that will blend into existing decor seamlessly.

Tractable is applying artificial intelligence to auto insurance claims operations, helping to speed up the process for customers. Using computer vision to assess photos of car damage, the artificial intelligence technology is capable of understanding vehicle damage like an expert human appraiser and providing an appraisal as soon as photos are submitted by a user.

With AI, a process that would ordinarily require days and human power has been turned into a solution that frees up time and takes mere minutes. The technology is helping to take inefficiencies out of the claims process so that other decisions made on insurance and repairs can happen quicker. As Alex Dalyac, Tractable co-founder and CEO, puts it: "Computer vision is accelerating accident recovery; the technology is here, it's on the ground and it's making a difference."

As the pandemic presses on, people are continuing to invest more time into home cooking and baking, and Nestle is now introducing a Cookie Coach powered by artificial intelligence to answer all cookie-related queries. On VeryBestBaking.com, cookie lovers will find Ruth, the Cookie Coach who can be relied on to provide answers at all hours of the day and night. Ruth is capable of helping with everything from ingredient substitutions to recipe ratios, as well as answering some of the most commonly asked questions when it comes to making perfect batches of cookies.

Cookie lovers might choose to ask Ruth something like "How can I make my cookies gluten-free?" or "Why do cookies burn?" and in response, they may even get an instructional photo set or video to properly answer the question.

The 'HOUM' grocery shopping list app is a household management solution for consumers who are looking for a way to shop for essentials in a smarter way to save money and prevent them from running out of what they need prematurely.

The app harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to actively learn from the habits of the user as well as their behavior. The solution will then go to work providing recommendations that will help them to make better choices when it comes to their personal finances, healthcare and even their environmental impact.

The 'HOUM' grocery shopping list app takes an advanced approach to a common everyday process and helps to make it more relevant for consumers seeking a next-gen experience.

Even in the midst of a pandemic, there's no shortage of food that can be ordered from restaurants and Honeycomb.ai is a menu scanner that appeals to those with specific dietary needs. Leveraging artificial intelligence, the portal helps people search menus in their area and the tool predicts what is suitable for them to eat.

The portal fills a gap in the market, as the startup identifies that: 'With over 52% of Americans following at least one diet, and less than 10% of restaurants labeling dietary information (typically not exhaustive), the information gap has never been wider."

Like any artificial intelligence tool, the results are constantly improving as the algorithm continues to learn from feedback and get updated with internal processes.

By implementing artificial intelligence software from Skin Match Technology, Kiehl’s is introducing an AI beauty innovation that gives consumers access to personalized experiences and tailored product recommendations. Even with products that are clearly labeled for different purposes, it can be overwhelming for people to find the right products for their specific needs. Now, with the aid of artificial intelligence, they can enjoy a seamless experience that's simplified and specific to their own concerns or goals.

Through a digital skincare quiz, Kiehl’s customers can enter their needs, preferences and allergies so that the Skin Match Technology algorithm can come up with suitable matches. The results of the skincare quiz share personalized product descriptions with a focus on ingredients and benefits.

The latest update to the Typewise keyboard app includes a user-friendly honeycomb layout that's optimized for thumbs, plus autocorrection and language detection so that people can get their messages across with more efficiency and speed. Typewise 3.0 was created to enhance the experience of using a smartphone and it does just that by increasing the surface for typing, reducing typos by 400% and boosting typing speed by 33%.

As digital strategist and Typewise co-founder David Eberle revealed to Dezeen, "While everything about the smartphone is from the 21st century, the keyboard comes from the 19th century and hasn't really changed, It wasn't made for fast typing; it was made to suit the mechanical limitations of the typewriter."

XNFY Lab's AI-generated fashion is powered by patent-pending technology that generates new synthetic original images so that designers, brands and marketplaces can generate high-definition images of clothing, find what works and innovate faster. This means that it's possible to create clothing images before they even exist, helping to predict demand and prevent unsold inventory. According to XNFY Lab, "The technology capacity can also be used to "re-think" and generate new design ideas based on unsold inventory and deadstock fabrics for example."

The innovative project comes in collaboration with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, so that ideas can be validated and tested faster in a matter of hours, rather than days. XNFY Lab is preparing a limited-edition crowdfunding run that promises to put designs generated by artificial intelligence in the hands of consumers.