Last spring, CellarTracker, a wine-collection app, built an artificial intelligence-powered sommelier to make unvarnished wine recommendations based on a person’s palate. The problem was the chatbot was too nice. “It’s just very polite, instead of just saying, ‘It’s really unlikely you’ll like the wine,’” CellarTracker CEO Eric LeVine said. It took six weeks of trial… Continue reading Business leaders agree AI is the future. They just wish it worked right now.
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FTC Allegations Spotlight Walmart’s Pricing Power in the Grocery Market
Recent disclosures from U.S. regulators have reignited debate over pricing practices in the grocery industry, placing Walmart and PepsiCo at the center of renewed scrutiny. A previously sealed government complaint, made public following the dismissal of a federal lawsuit earlier this year, sheds light on how the Federal Trade Commission viewed the relationship between the… Continue reading FTC Allegations Spotlight Walmart’s Pricing Power in the Grocery Market