Automatic for the people: How Germany’s Otto uses artificial intelligence

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A GLIMPSE into the future of retailing is available in a smallish office in Hamburg. From there, Otto, a German e-commerce merchant, is using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve its activities. The firm is already deploying the technology to make decisions at a scale, speed and accuracy that surpass the capabilities of its human employees.
Big data and “machine learning” have been used in retailing for years, notably by …
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Automatic for the people: How Germany’s Otto uses artificial intelligence