Of course, voice interaction is one tiny corner of the artificial intelligence landscape. The nice people at industry research company Tractica has summarized the big picture, including three macro categories, six technologies, ten key themes, and seven steps to take next. Good stuff.
The folks at Integrate.ai are rather vague on what their start-up will do, beyond applying SaaS-based artificial intelligence to first- and third-party data to optimize customer engagements. But that was enough to attract a second round of $4.6 million seed funding last week, on top of $5 million announced when the company was launched in February. No word on when a product will be released.
GDPR compliance is one of many use cases supported by Customer Data Platforms. Alas, the variety of applications itself causes confusion. This post on the CDP Institute blog takes a stab at defining categories that could clarify things a bit. Nothing is locked down yet, so comment away.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.