Amazon’s Alexa will now allow customers to provide answers to questions it doesn’t know via a new crowdsourcing platform. Alexa Answers, which was announced by the retail giant yesterday, will allow Alexa community members to submit answers to some of the most obscure questions posed to its smart de...

Zalando is trialling AI-powered 3D scanning technology to accurately measure the size of its items and reduce return rates.

Apple on Wednesday issued an apology to its Siri users after hiring contractors to listen in on some recordings.

Stylitics has secured $15 million in series B funding which will help it expand its AI-powered outfit recommendation technology. The fashion tech start-up’s funding round was led by PeakSpan Capital, and brings its total funding since launching in 2011 to $21 million. It plans to use the proceeds to...

Amazon Robotics is funding a new AI-powered app which could prevent warehouse workers from getting injured.

John Lewis has partnered with various UK robotics companies to create a blueprint for human-robot interaction as it continued to develop its own autonomous robots. Set to be unveiled today at Google’s London HQ, the department store has joined forces with the Small Robot Company, Method, and numerou...

Hammerson is using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor customer behaviour in its shopping centres and help it “better quantify the true value of physical space”. Amid its half-year results this morning, the shopping centre operator announced that it has partnered with AI technology company Deep...

Carrefour France has signed on a new deal with Symphony RetailAI, in order to improve its warehouse replenishment, inventory flow optimisation and supply chain insights solutions.

Alibaba is set to add a beauty filter to its facial recognition payment system after users complained the machines made them look ugly. The Chinese retailer announced on social media platform Weibo earlier this week that it was going to “make you look even prettier than with a beauty camera”, adding...

Adidas recent AI-powered social media campaign has backfired spectacularly after it failed to censor offensive and racist tweets.