Whether they’re selling $35,000 ostrich leather handbags or chicken feed, companies are trying to figure out how to integrate artificial intelligence into all parts of their business, from checkout and security to advertising, inventory management, product design and hiring.
The industry was caught off guard by Amazon’s e-commerce revolution more than 20 years ago and doesn’t want an encore. That’s why, during a major retail summit in New York City this past week, two of the world’s most powerful executives declared that AI would define a new age of…
