Voice order and Voice Assist are the trend right now. At InfoComm 2023, 22Miles won Best of Show with their wayfind with AI Link to article.
At the recent NRA show we displayed generative AI virtual assistance example on a kiosk from SapientX.
One of the more “in production” is the Verneek solution which just finished trials and tests in Sprouts Supermarket. Verneek is a prime NVIDIA partner and NVIDIA is very invested in conversational AI. Their newest iteration does multi-language on the fly. There is also a “behind the scenes” video available.
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Reported in Retail Automation June 2021 McDonalds AI Drive-Thru Ordering Violates Privacy Laws in Illinois and now headed to Court From EatThisNotThat Jun2021 – Editors Note: You could see this coming given the test being run in Illinois which has some of the strictest privacy laws. In Brief: McDonalds testing AI-powered drive-thru ordering at 10 restaurants in Illinois Voice Analysis… Read More »
Self Ordering Kiosk AI Assist Interested in AI for your self ordering kiosk? Then the new Clover POS kiosk by Nanonation (and Samsung) is a must read. Included is AI Tools Setup Guide pdf. These AI Enhancements will transform your ordering kiosk experience, from crafting enticing menu descriptions to attracting more users and providing the right upsell suggestions to… Read More »
Press release from Mastercard May 16, 2019 on Zivelo initiative to be shown at National Restaurant Show Mastercard and ZIVELO Leverage Artificial Intelligence and Voice Ordering Sonic Drive-In will be first to pilot the new innovative voice AI powered ordering and dynamic menu experience at their drive-in locations PURCHASE, NY — May 16, 2019 — Today, Mastercard announced a… Read More »
Generative AI: Coming soon to a kiosk near you The most talked about technology this year–generative AI, which is behind ChatGPT, BingChat, Google Bard and dozens of other implementations–is likely to be talking right from the speaker of most kiosks quite soon. With some simple limitations to avoid it hallucinating the kiosk into big trouble, GenAI could take… Read More »
AI & Restaurant Update Original post on AVIXA by KMA This is our August update for AI and Restaurants. News, rumors, regulatory updates and resource links (vetted). One of the drawbacks to avatars in the past has been the sometimes crude representations of real people, to the point of, at times, introducing the “creepy” element. That seemed to… Read More »
22Miles Wins Two InfoComm Awards Every year, Future publications contracts with AV industry experts to evaluate products submitted by manufacturers exhibiting at InfoComm for Best of Show. Our judges are experts in the categories of products we have chosen for them to evaluate and always remain anonymous to the manufacturers. They are your peers, AV/IT managers, directors, engineers, or industry… Read More »
As a public techno service here are some of the recently released machine learning devices available. Say “Hello” to Google Coral Edge TPU, Google’s custom ASIC for machine learning has arrived. During Injong Rhee’s keynote at last year’s Google Next conference in San Francisco, Google announced two new upcoming hardware products: a development board and a USB accelerator stick. Both products were… Read More »
Conversational AI Kiosk KIOSK and Valyant AI announce a partnership to enable contactless self-service experiences. Read the press release to learn how Conversational AI and digital kiosk technology provide personalized, touchless customer experiences for hospitality, retail, and healthcare. From MIT Tech Review – Building customer relationships with conversational AI is a big deal for sure. Insights associated with… Read More »
Digital Signage AI Integration Part one of an interview with 22Miles CEO Joey Zhao as he discusses 22Miles offerings as the first digital signage and wayfinding solutions provider to offer AI integration within their CMS. In this interview, Zhao talks about the beginnings of the company’s AI development and integration, as well as the company’s award for outstanding innovation in AI at… Read More »
NRA Chicago Kiosks In 2024 You can find us in Booth 5536 in the North Building, Here is our portal page. NRA is our next show (May in Chicago). Visit our NRA page. We’ll be in the Tech Pavilion in booth 6475. If you are interested in a free pass, would like to meet or just reconnecting, drop… Read More »
Artificial Intelligence Boom in Colorado Great podcast by CPR and Colorado Matters on latest technology iterations. There is also interview with local futurist who speaks to Gig economy. Full article is located here We recommend listening to the podcast for the full details. Excerpts: Artificial Intelligence – Holly, made by Valyant A.I., is a disembodied voice that takes… Read More »
SapientX Announces GPT-4 Powered Talking Characters For Resort Hotels November 6, 2023 – San Francisco – SapientX <https://www.sapientx.com>, a leading supplier of AI-powered, talking characters for digital signage, today announced the first digital characters, using GPT-4, for use in resort hotel wayfinding, concierge services and food & drink ordering. The life-sized “Wynnie” character will be shown at the… Read More »
Voice AI Liability – Domino’s Sued Not all is smooth sailing in the world of Voice AI Chatbots for taking customer orders. Here is latest example. In another look — we went and tried out the latest Voice ordering system at our local Carl Jr’s. They tested it for awhile and then took it offline after all the… Read More »
AI-in-a-Box Your very own private AI that you can ask questions and get answers, all in a tiny box! The first AI that you can talk to, and that talks back, running locally with no internet connection so your conversations and data are completely secure. No account, setup, or subscription are needed; just plug in the box and… Read More »
AI in Processing Retail Returns Big session at NRF 2024 with KIOSK, Inmar and Lenovo going over the use of AI in processing retail returns. Pretty large decision tree which enables dynamic processing of customers and the the various types of. Shades of gray are now operable parameters so to speak. Video Here is link to video AI… Read More »
Samsung, SoundHound and White Castle Revolutionize Voice AI Drive-Thrus From Samsung White Castle plans to roll out the cutting-edge, interactive menu boards to over 100 drive-thru lanes Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and SoundHound AI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that they will be working together with White Castle, America’s first… Read More »
SiteKiosk Online introduces AI Advisor Kiosk Mode The utilization of artificial intelligence has become a reality for SiteKiosk Online. Over the past few months, a prototype of an AI-driven product advisor has been developed. This advisor offers suitable product recommendations and information by engaging users with specific questions and providing tailored responses. The fusion of artificial intelligence and… Read More »
Conversational Voice Order AI While conversational AI circa May 2023 is a hot topic and a big tool in the “buzz bag” aka “we plan on doing that”, conversational voice AI has finally reached actual deployments. Estimates and projections are fine but real data is what counts. Meanwhile Google and Microsoft battle for available oxygen in the AI… Read More »
AI Useful Results for Retailers Article on retailtouchpoints July 10th on AI and Retail. Quick Brief / Summary AI is coming Retailers exploring and new startups like Verneek have formed. We’ve covered Verneek and their terrific pilot they finished with Sprouts. Very successful. They include some nice data predictions — Global ecommerce sales, representing 22% of all retail… Read More »
Verneek Retail AI Assist Welcome to Verneek our latest Advisory Board member. Verneek’s One Quin provides enterprises with one holistic consumer-facing AI solution to accurately answer personalized questions through voice activation or text anywhere. The Verneek platform is unique in answering specific questions reliably based on dynamic enterprise data that gets automatically augmented with relevant public information. The platform’s… Read More »
Building Your Own LLM for AI Building your own LLM is going to occur to you. If only to assist human assistants. A fashion designer can allow customers with a series of voice questions to locate a particular style of dress. Taking it further, they could optionally “design” the dress they want and AI could output mechanical and… Read More »
See Immersive Technology at NRF 2021 Press Release PR Newswire Jan 08 DENVER, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Visit NRF 2021 Chapter 1 next week and meet with Kiosk Association. Dates are January 12, 13, 14, 19, 21 and 22 beginning next week. Our online page is https://virtualbigshow.nrf.com/company/kiosk-association-kma Our portal page with helpful links, research, predictions, brochures and videos for NRF 2021… Read More »
Conversational AI Webinar with RTN We participate in several workgroups in Restaurant Technology Group and recently participated in extended “AI Share”. We learned a lot and especially liked the AGOT talk prior to our own. Angela Diffly was the host and she is a super-connected person in the restaurants industry. The Restaurant Technology Network hosted #AI Share Groups in June & August… Read More »
Augmented Reality, which may be a 200 BN business in three years, comes to the iPhone. Leading industry analysts say Apple has already won.
Source: www.forbes.com
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From detecting gunfire to predicting high-crime areas, artificial intelligence is being applied in crime and criminal justice. In this article w
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New tools for the public. Several of these dovetail with emergency kiosks too.
Excerpt from very nice article on Fast Company covering Walmart and its IRL lab stores. Great example of inventory management and fulfillment via AI and cameras By Mark Wilson 5 minute Read When Amazon launched its first Go store in 2018, the public lined up around the block to see the future of retail: a new experience where… Read More »
Avatar Kiosk From BusinessNewsThisWeek Jun2021 Grafton, WI, June 17, 2021: ARS Connect, an A.I. technology company behind a first-of-its-kind customizable talking A.I. workforce platform, has partnered with Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. to offer self-service kiosk solutions for courts, government facilities, and businesses. Municipal buildings and courthouses can utilize the innovative A.I. to answer frequent questions from visitors,… Read More »
Original complete article on the Denver Post published 2/15/2019. Support the Denver Post! Updated 3/23/2019. AI Taking Your Order at Drive Thru Kiosk Voice The Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard at 2095 South Broadway is testing artificial intelligence to take drive-through breakfast orders. The artificial intelligence company, Valyant AI based in Denver says their deal marks one… Read More »
From post on Retail Automation from Restaurant Technology News Feb 2020 – AI is creating jobs. ATM example. How AI Creates Jobs By Retail Systems | February 23, 2020 0 Comment AI is boosting efficiency and making life easier for thousands of AP professionals today. But many of these professionals are undoubtedly wondering if sophisticated software might one day put them… Read More »
Court Kiosks at Government facilities and Courthouses Court Kiosk News — AI kiosk technology powers customer service check-in kiosks at government buildings ARS Connect, the technology company behind a new, state-of-the-art AI kiosk workforce platform, partnered with Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. on a self-service court kiosk solution aimed at courts, government facilities, and businesses. The court kiosk’s… Read More »
Noted on Retail Automation — Maybe “new” isn’t the most accurate word. More like emerged from Pandemic hiatus. Interesting that original iteration from Samsung and then offloaded. Skincare Kiosk AI in Retail skincare kiosk AI From Trendhunter July 2021 Editors Note: First time we have seen skin care kiosk, and with AI. Actually makes a lot of sense especially with… Read More »
First published on retailsystems.org We don’t know about you but all the talk about conversational AI seems to us, to be mostly talk. There is an irony in that observation. The Alexa and Google Mini’s, and Pixel Assistants are woefully inadequate at understanding nuance or building any simple suggestions based on repeated tasks. They change the volume and… Read More »
AI Artificial Intelligence Conversational Chatbot Avatars New member SapientX provides A.I. Software That Gives a Voice and Intelligence to Products. AI is a very big thread throughout the media these days. Restaurants and retail in particular. Avatars for every segment of business. SapientX We Are Building the Next Generation of A.I. Voice Assistants and Avatars Current voice systems… Read More »
