Artificial intelligence

On this episode of Cyberly, Blythe Brumleve explains how new technologies can be put to work in not-so-new professions.

While automation offers the quickest path to increased efficiency, many companies are held down by slow-to-adapt legacy operations or siloed solutions.

New forms of e-commerce like influencer marketing, live shopping and conversational commerce are taking over the space, and they might take some getting used to.

“We cut out three to four hours a day of just nonsense back and forth between carriers, accounting, operations.”

Five areas where hyperautomation can have an immediate impact

Berkshire Grey’s revenue was up 750% year-over-year, but it still missed on analyst expectations, more than tripled its net loss and more than doubled its adjusted-EBITDA loss.

On this episode of Cyberly, Blythe Brumleve looks at the dangers of using artificial intelligence to create marketing content.

People hate doing things themselves. Today we have cars that are self-driving, microwaves that are self-cleaning, thermostats that are self-adjusting – even ​​sentences that are self-completing. Automation is just about everywhere, from the streets we drive on to the stores we shop at, but there’s still a long way to go before we reach the […]

Instead of dimensional pricing, iShared’s shared truckload solution charges the shipper a simple per-pallet fee.

Warehouse robotics firm Fetch and AI-software fulfillment company Lucas Systems are working together to offer solutions that allow for humans and robots to work side by side.

If the farmer had the phone number of the customer buying the grain or OFE’s app to make the match, maybe there wouldn’t be as many middlemen and maybe the farmer would have better options.”

“Logistics decisions are actually not designed for humans because it involves a lot of confusion. For example, dispatching takes into account a lot of fast-moving variables that take place within a small amount of time, and there is no way a human can do it efficiently.”

On this special episode of At Your Doorstep for FreightWaves LIVE @HOME, Kaylee Nix looks at how annoying paperwork can become less time consuming with machine learning.

“With this aggregated data approach, we can begin to move the needle on the whole industry’s reputation, one motor carrier at a time. … That would be a huge gratification to me and the rest of the team.”

‘Data gives companies power. But, you need to extract it first.’

Software is designed to simplify the material-handling process at e-commerce fulfillment centers.

“We started figuring out how we can layer in artificial intelligence to our systems to allow our customers to be predictive and not reactive,” Panasonic executive tells FreightWaves.

Changes in customer demand and rising expectations are helping force the transportation industry to evolve in order to meet the growth of this market.

XGen has launched a platform that connects to e-commerce sites, providing shoppers with a more personalized experience with relevant recommendations and other interactions.

The Baidu Apollo fleet consists of 500 vehicles, with open-road tests conducted in 30 cities around the world. The company’s Robotaxi service has carried 210,000 passengers and is available in Beijing, Changsha and Cangzhou, with plans to move into 30 more cities over the next three years.