In Brief: AI, Big Data and kids
Biometrics and machine learning may be a boon to business – a big threat to kids.
Biometrics and machine learning may be a boon to business – a big threat to kids.
The News Gods took slight pity and delivered one modest piece of news today: an $8 million Series A from Glue, an AI-driven system that self-generates loyalty programs for small businesses. Fairly cool and highly useful, since few small companies have the skills to do that for themselves.
The AppsFlyer-Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) survey asked: 1) How aware marketers are of Apple’s Identifier for Advertising (IDFA) changes that will require apps to get consumer consent before transmitting data to third parties, and 2) how problematic those changes would be. While 37% reported not being familiar at all or not being very familiar with the changes prior to the survey; 56% of all thought the impact would be negative, but of those already familiar, 73% thought it would have a strong negative impact.
Preliminary findings by the European Commission state that Apple and Google are in violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Among the findings, Google Search is accused of prioritizing Google’s own products and services in results; Apple is instructed to improve interoperability between iOS and third-party devices. The companies now have an opportunity to respond.