Whether on Google, Bing, Amazon or other search engines: organic and paid results compete equally for the user's attention on the search result pages, implicating obviously that search engine optimization (SEO) and advertising (SEA) should be thought of holistically.

ADVANCE.AI, a leading AI company specializing in digital identity verification, risk management and process automation, announced the enhancement of its One-Stop Platform, which now supports multi-device user journeys, multi-language compatibility, enhanced AML screening tools, and Single Customer View via API and SDK.

IBM has acquired Databand.ai, a leading provider of data observability software that helps organizations fix issues with their data, including errors, pipeline failures and poor quality, before it impacts their bottom-line. Databand.ai is IBM's fifth acquisition in 2022 as the company continues to bolster its hybrid cloud and AI skills and capabilities. Since Arvind Krishna became CEO in April 2020, IBM has acquired more than 25 companies.

There is a hype around artificial intelligence (AI) for many years already and it has gotten another boost with the announcement of AI being able to write text on its own. How good such AI-written texts are and how the marketing industry can benefit from this technological innovation is, however, still questionable.

Intelligent chatbots and voicebots are effective helpers that relieve employees of recurring inquiries so that they can concentrate on more complex jobs. But with the right software behind it, bots can do much more than just answer questions. A well-trained AI allows chatbots to work more efficiently and expand their service capabilities.

Data is now an important part of a company’s assets and for some even the most important one. It is not about collecting as much information as possible, but about converting the "raw material" information into usable know-how: knowledge about the customers and their likes and dislikes, knowledge about the course of business processes and how they are controlled, and knowledge about which friction losses must be avoided to increase employee productivity.

As adesso said right at the beginning of the Corona crisis, the stability of long-term forecasts has been completely turned upside down since the pandemic and has led to high volatility in forecasting trends and planning uncertainty for companies.

FENIX360, an artist-centric platform, is disrupting the traditional artists business with its 360 experiential ecosystem and pay model that will allow artists and creators to retain the majority revenue on the platform.

In an industry that typically favored middlemen, resulting in redundant and unnecessary costs, artists and creators were often left with almost nothing. But with FENIX360 that will now change. Its revolutionary blockchain platform is designed to better connect artists and fans in a way that benefits everyone, offering musicians and other artists multiple new revenue streams, such as direct access to the merchandise and ticketing industries - in a way that’s never been done before.

As soon as we develop AI-supported models for analyzing human behavior, we simultaneously influence the shaping of society. However, existing methods for analyzing social phenomena may not be able to cope with this "feedback mechanism". It is therefore particularly important to be vigilant when artificial intelligence is used to analyze patterns in human behavior and complex social phenomena. In principle, it is important to first weigh the risk of each project against its benefit – and, if necessary, to decide against it, as Microsoft Research emphasizes in an “Update on responsible AI research“.

In October last year, FACT-Finder acquired Loop54, the Swedish market leader for smart personalization technology in eCommerce and Next Generation Blixt brings now the technologies together, providing its users with the best of both worlds – search and personalization.

One of the most annoying problems when surfing the web is the obligatory cookie banner, which most users now just click away in frustration and often with the worst default setting for data protection.

WalkMe.com wanted to find out which countries are investing the most in digital technologies and which technologies are of most interest to business owners. Hence, the company analyzed the 2021-22 Digital Future Index to determine which countries are investing the most in Artificial Intelligence, Immersive Tech, Blockchain (Distributed Ledger Technologies), and Internet of Things. A total of 125 variables were used to calculate the countries investing most including each country’s size and population.

The majority of IT security incidents affecting personal or business data can be traced back to weak or compromised passwords, despite the fact that the measures to secure passwords and credentials have been tightened over the years. New technologies for securely managing passwords are always coming into the market and experts always have new tips on hand on how to increase password protection.

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and its like are used by almost everyone and are therefore a perfect environment for businesses to reach their target audience. Advertisers agree that nothing works in online marketing anymore without social media, even though the strategic integration and measurement of paid social measures is challenging, besides data protection requirements in connection with the iOS14 update or the very different media use by "Generation Z".