An 'across-the-spectrum rethink' needed as firms eye use of AI in procurement
The disparity between the relentless hype and its present limitations has left most people sceptical ...
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It’s all go for Amazon at the moment, and I’m not referring to its new cashier-less bricks-and-mortar store in Seattle. In the same week it launched its first high street presence, there was another take-off for the online behemoth. This time it was the turn of its drone delivery system, with none other than little old Blighty as the testing ground. Founder Jeff Bezos yesterday tweeted: “First-ever #AmazonPrimeAir customer delivery is in the books. 13 min – click to delivery”. So, if you want to watch a video of an elderly gentleman patiently awaiting the arrival of a small bag of popcorn and his Amazon Fire TV stick, in a field in Cambridgeshire, click here.
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