PETALING JAYA: To turn financial technology (fintech) into a competitive advantage, companies should go beyond digitalisation, that is, the implementation of digital technologies, and embrace digital transformation, that is, digitalisation and organisational changes, says Yen Teik Lee, assistant professor of finance at Asia School of Business & International Faculty Fellow at MIT.
MANILA: Nathalie Mago's work day begins after she's tucked her three daughters into bed and flicked off the lights in their house north of the Philippine capital Manila.
After stumbling out of the starting gate in Big Tech's pivotal race to capitalise on artificial intelligence, Apple will try to regain its footing Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.
Perplexity AI Inc, an artificial intelligence startup vying with Google and OpenAI, is ramping up efforts to get prime placement for its virtual assistant on smartphones.
Apple is reportedly preparing a major update to its Health app, integrating an AI assistant capable of coaching users on key aspects such as sleep and diet.
Lazada is now rolling out AI Lazzie, an artificial intelligence- (AI) powered virtual shopping assistant designed to provide users with a more tailored online shopping experience.
Owners of an Android smartphone can now set ChatGPT as their default personal assistant – a minor revolution made possible by an update to the mobile application.
Days before OpenAI demonstrated its new, flirty voice assistant last week, actress Scarlett Johansson said, Sam Altman, the company’s CEO, called her agent and asked that she consider licensing her voice for a virtual assistant.
HANOI: As Vietnam enters its golden summer travel season, domestic tourism is ramping up with an array of new experiences and enticing promotions
(Reuters) - Google on Wednesday announced plans to add generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its virtual assistant, and a company executive told Reuters the AI would allow the assistant to do things like help people plan a trip or catch up on emails and then ask follow-up questions.
A team of researchers from the State University of New York at Buffalo has presented an innovative study on the use of artificial intelligence in the early detection of dyslexia and dysgraphia in children.
(Reuters) - Generative artificial intelligence bellwether OpenAI said on Tuesday that it is introducing a beta feature called Tasks to ChatGPT, signaling the company's foray into the virtual assistant space, competing with Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa.
More Filipinos seeing a pathway from poverty with virtual assistant jobs.
Google will soon release a version of its virtual assistant that is powered by the company’s Bard artificial intelligence technology, helping users handle more complex tasks.
KUALA LUMPUR: PLUS Malaysia Berhad will activate a tidal flow (contra-flow) lane on the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) along the Kota Damansara-Damansara stretch (KM18.90 to KM18.40) from 10pm on Friday (May 16) until noon on Saturday (May 17).
(Reuters) -Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Tuesday launched a separate app for its Meta AI assistant, similar to those offered by Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet's Google.
(Reuters) - Bank of America on Wednesday said 32 million customers had used its virtual assistant, which allows them to check bill payments, account balances and track spending on the mobile banking app, more than 1 billion times since its launch in 2018.
PHNOM PENH: Economists are optimistic that Cambodia will see positive outcomes from upcoming bilateral trade negotiations with the US, set to take place in Washington, D.C., on May 14–15.
Apple has been planning upgrades for 2027 that will make Siri more conversational, letting it better compete with other AI chatbots, Bloomberg has reported.
The American healthcare startup Hippocratic AI has announced a partnership with tech giant Nvidia to develop a virtual healthcare agent powered by generative artificial intelligence.