● Finance

AI Driven Pricing Solution for Municipal Bond Market

Tradeweb Markets Inc., a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has announced the launch of Tradeweb Ai-Price for municipal bonds, which will use machine learning and proprietary data science to calculate daily prices for municipal bonds regardless of how often these bonds trade. Tradeweb Ai-Price for municipal bonds will initially publish end-of-day prices for approximately 880,000 securities and custom portfolios, based on data published by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and through trading activity on the Tradeweb platform. Read More

● Information Technology

AI Based Conversational Video Tool for Enterprises

StoryFile, the inventor of Conversational Video, has launched Conversa, the first and only enterprise SaaS solution that provides tools to collect video, to create and train AI interactions, and to be published anywhere on the web. Conversa is a subscription-based web-app that provides the technical tools for companies and institutions to create compelling Conversational Video for their teams, clients, and the public. It gives businesses control over their content, messaging, and branding. It gives audiences agency to enquire through an immersive, humanized experience that is engaging and impactful. Read More

● Consumer Durables

AI Enabled Avatar Creation Platform

Sportswear giant Adidas is set to launch a personality-based avatar creation platform. Made in partnership with Ready Player Me, the site allows users to create an artificial intelligence (AI) generated avatar that can be used throughout the web to explore other virtual worlds in the metaverse. The site asks users a range of questions that aim to identify their personality in order to establish the appearance of their digital self. Once generated, users can use their avatar to try-on and purchase sneakers from the line and further download their online to share across social media. Read More

● Marketing and Advertising

AI Driven Ad-Placement Detection Software for FAST and AVOD Video Platform Distribution

Blu Digital Group, Inc. (BDG), a technology company that offers cloud-based software and digital media services to the media and entertainment industry, has launched BluSpot, its fully cloud-based ad-marking software available for licensing to content distributors and digital media service companies. BluSpot harnesses the power of AI to take any video and automatically detect ad placement opportunities for Film/TV content intended to stream on advertising-based platforms (FAST and AVOD) such as scene changes, silence, black frames and more. In addition, BluSpot validates selected ad breaks based on a database of custom or predefined rules. Read More

● Education

AI Powered Academic Writing Tool to Scale Feedback for All Students

FeedbackFruits has released an enhanced version of Automated Feedback, an award-winning AI-powered pedagogical tool designed to scale personalized feedback on academic writing. In its newly released version, the tool is helping higher education institutions worldwide save instructors' time and drive student autonomy. Automated Feedback harnesses artificial intelligence to increase the quality of students' written assignments and stimulate deeper learning, while freeing up time for teachers to provide in-depth feedback. The tool enables students to receive lower-order formative feedback on their academic writing skills within their LMS. Read More