On-site search is an important feature on ecommerce systems. But it’s hard to do well. Google Cloud just made things easier by releasing Retail Search, a managed service that applies Google search technologies to product searches a company’s own website.
Touch ‘n Go (TNG) Group, a Malaysia-based payment firm that is backed by Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co, announced the launch of GOpinjam, an inclusive digital personal loan proposition available through TNG eWallet. This marks TNG eWallet’s first digital lending solutions offering, having previously already launched financial services propositions in investments and insurance.
Hospitality vendor Cendyn, whose system does everything from marketing to reservations to analytics, has launched a new cloud-based platform that includes a CDP and web content management system. It’s a good example of what CDP Institute labels an “operational CDP”, since the scope includes operational as well as data and marketing functions.
Unauthorized training data isn’t an existential threat to generative AI but it’s certainly a headache for users and developers alike. Most developers are trying to exclude materials that creators have explicitly labeled as unauthorized and citing “fair use” as justification for copying everything else. Getty Images has taken an opposite approach, building its gen AI tool only on materials that are explicitly licensed. It’s possible that tracing the provenance of training data will become a standard, similar to how organic food producers trace the origins of their ingredients.