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24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
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Retail Asia08/02/2023

Microsoft announced tonight that it is integrating its Bing search engine and Edge web browser with the AI superstareveryone is talking about, ChatGPT. Microsoft is investing billions in OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, so it makes sense that Microsoft’s search engine and web browser get first crack at adding the conversational AI experience to its […]

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Retail Asia06/02/2023

With ChatGPT still not available in Vietnam, service providers are offering to set up accounts for fees of up to VND200,000 (US$8.52). Seeing friends chat with the artificial intelligence-based chatbot provided by U.S. startup OpenAI, Hong Nhung, an office clerk in the central city of Da Nang, tried to create an account. However, in Vietnam, […]

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Retail Asia19/01/2023

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VinAI’s Driver Technology Software provides drivers with a 360-degree view of all surroundings, including blind spots, to help avoid traffic accidents. At the recent 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (U.S.), VinAI showcased two smart driving features – Automatic Mirror Adjustment (AMA) and Jelly View, a 360-degree view mode. AMA is the world’s […]

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Retail Asia07/12/2022

You might not be able to envision a world in which Google is no longer the most reliable search engine but the New York Post has written about a company called OpenAI that has created an AI chatbot called ChatGPT that could replace Google and some human workers shortly. With over 1 million users after launching […]

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Retail Asia13/09/2022

Worldwide revenues for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services for both AI-centric and AI non-centric applications, totaled $383.3 billion in 2021, an increase of 20.7% over the prior year, according to an International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Artificial Intelligence Tracker. IDC expects the AI market value will reach nearly $450 billion […]

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Retail Asia24/08/2022

AirAsia India and CAE have announced their collaboration to integrate the CAE Rise Training System into the airline’s simulator training program. AirAsia India is the first airline in India to adopt a data-driven training program using CAE Rise™. CAE Rise leverages analytics to deliver a higher quality of training, providing real-time data during training sessions while giving […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2022

Personalization – you’re doing it wrong. There are only a handful of trends or innovations in the world of loyalty marketing that can cause as much global stir as personalization does. And even though most companies have a pretty common understanding of what it is – an act of tailoring an experience or communication to […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2022

SK Telecom (SKT) announced that its Vice Chairman Park Jung-ho and CEO Ryu Young-sang met with Surangel Whipps. Jr., the president of the Republic of Palau, to discuss cooperation to upgrade Palau’s communication infrastructure. SK Telecom also asked the Palauan government to support Busan’s bid to host the “World Expo 2030”. At the meeting, Vice […]

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Retail Asia30/06/2022

Tesla top boss Elon Musk said on Tuesday the electric-car maker will host its second artificial intelligence day on Aug. 19, with the company likely to expand on plans to fine-tune its self-driving technology. “The purpose of AI Day is to convince great AI/software/chip talent to join Tesla,” the billionaire said in a tweet. The […]

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Retail Asia03/06/2022

“Tesla AI Day pushed to Sept 30, as we may have an Optimus prototype working by then,” he wrote on Twitter, almost two weeks after he announced the date of Aug. 19. Optimus is a humanoid robot that Tesla is working on priority. Musk has previously said that it could be launched next year. “Optimus […]

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Retail Asia17/12/2021

The Swiss insurer is buying an Estonian start-up for conversational artificial intelligence. The move is a bid to improve the digital capabilities of its customer services. The Zurich-based insurer it is buying Alphachat, a four-year-old Tallinn-based company with a messaging automation product that understands natural language, authenticates users, and provides personalized responses, it said in a statement on Thursday. […]

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Retail Asia07/10/2021

Gap is investing on AI and machine learning technology through the acquisition with the New York and Tel Aviv-based start-up Context-Based 4 (CB4). CB4’s technology has been implemented by several fashion retailers, including Levi’s, Urban Outfitters, Lidl, and Kum & Go. Gap says the acquisition will help it transform its retail operations and improve the […]

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Retail Asia20/09/2021

DBS continues to add tech talent with plans to hire around 150 related positions via a virtual hackathon. DBS will hire for around 150 technology positions through a virtual hackathon, Hack2Hire, an annual program in its fourth edition, according to a statement. The positions will be for 14 developer and engineering roles across artificial intelligence […]

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Retail Asia03/09/2021

UBS is taking a stake in an artificial intelligence platform that matches institutional clients with investment experts. UBS has invested $5 million in Lynk in its latest funding round, taking the technology company’s total funding to $35 million, Lynk said in a press release Wednesday. Lynk says it has a network of more than 840,000 […]

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Retail Asia13/08/2021

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Nokia the City of Melbourne have conducted a trial using Nokia Scene Analytics artificial intelligence (AI) technology to develop a deeper understanding of waste disposal behaviour. This will allow the city to tackle the issue of waste dumping more efficiently keep laneways – the busy and narrow city streets and pedestrian areas – even more clean, safe and free of garbage. To decrease the frequency of waste contractor visits to busy areas, the City of Melbourne […]

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Retail Asia16/06/2021

FedEx Corp and robotics company Nuro on Tuesday announced a multi-year agreement to test self-driving vehicles in the package delivery company’s network, starting with a pilot program in Houston. The partnership comes as parcel companies race to reduce the cost of last-mile delivery, which surged during the pandemic. The companies will target delivery scenarios where […]

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Retail Asia15/04/2021

Cheers, a sub-brand of Singapore’s largest Convenience store chain FairPrice recently launched an AI-powered cashierless store with Cloudpick. This is not the first unmanned convenience store opened by Cheers. The company piloted its first “unattended” store in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2017, followed by two more at the National University of Singapore. Unlike the […]

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Retail Asia02/03/2021

The solution introduces 5G capabilities such as large bandwidth, low latency, high reliability and multiple connections into various industries, and integrates technologies such as AI, IoT, cloud computing, big data and MEC to enable the digitalisation of whole industries and build fully-connected intelligent private 5G networks for vertical industries. At present, public 5GC is oriented […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2021

AI Inside, a $2.5-billion Japanese artificial intelligence startup, has entered Vietnam through a partnership with a local company as part of its global expansion strategy. The company will partner with OCG Technology, a joint venture between a unit of state-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, to sell its […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2021

AI and text analysis is being incorporated into every aspect of life. On social media, entertainment, work, marketing, and sports, automation is becoming more “human.” The result is less time spent doing tedious tasks and more energy to focus on developing ideas and drafting new strategies. The following are examples of where AI and text […]

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