Tag: Computer Vision

To plan wireless networks effectively, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) must analyze the viability of potential cell sites. This includes identifying potential facilities, obstructions, sources of interference, etc. Traditionally, capturing this information required a truck roll, which can be expensive, especially at scale. Harnessing the power of Machine Learning (ML) and computer vision to analyze site […]

Today’s retailers not only need to embrace the profound digital transformations happening in the industry, but also deliver real value for their consumers and their organizations. With the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and other innovations, 2024 marks a pivotal moment for the industry—and physical stores are ripe for disruption. Forrester notes that “retailers […]

Product quality control and surface defect detection in manufacturing is very important for overall product cost reduction and customer satisfaction. Simply relying on humans to visually inspect products is unsatisfactory and does not scale; today’s computer vision models require vast amounts of images data for detection of surface area defects. In today’s smart manufacturing ecosystem, […]

When was the last time you thought about how the power stays on? Probably not since you lost power in a storm. We take it for granted that the electricity and natural gas will flow. In today’s world, electricity and gas are a core foundation of the economy and of society, making energy one of […]

Welcome to the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Service Spotlight monthly blog series. Each month, we look at five key considerations that FSI customers should focus on to help streamline cloud service approval for one particular service. Each of the five key considerations includes specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical code that can be used […]

Over the years, retail has seen seismic shifts due to the emergence of new technologies. Examples include the barcode, ecommerce, and mobile phones, all of which had a profound impact on the way shoppers buy from retailers, resetting consumer expectations. (The same could be said for non-technical inventions like the supermarket format and malls, but […]

Retailers have always been in a race to deliver an exceptional customer experience, and in the digital age, that race has only become more intense—particularly in physical stores. With consumers shopping again at brick-and-mortar stores, some key trends have emerged: Half of retail customers intend to still use digital, mobile, self-service, and contactless technologies adopted […]

Overview GumGum is a global digital advertising platform that specializes in contextual marketing, facilitating advertisers in marketing ads based on digital media content. GumGum offers Verity, which uses in-house computer vision (CV) and natural-language processing (NLP) models to scan images, audio, text, and videos across webpages, social media, over-the-top (OTT) video, and connected TV (CTV), […]

In-store shopping is on the rise. According to Mastercard SpendingPulse, in-store sales increased by 13.7 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels. As sales in physical retail environments grow, so does the complexity and the expectations that consumers have with the shopping experience. Consumers are looking for stores that offer convenient, enjoyable shopping trips that allow them […]

The How We Built This blog series features conversations with C-suite executives that are building innovative restaurant technologies on AWS The price of potatoes is up 13 percent, America’s “fry attachment rate” is above pre-pandemic levels, and restaurants must pivot efficiently to serve both on- and off-premise diners amidst a labor shortage. Restaurant operators are […]