{"id":2894,"date":"2019-09-13T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2019-09-13T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:43:31","slug":"mcdonalds-is-acquiring-ai-startup-apprente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/mcdonalds-is-acquiring-ai-startup-apprente\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s Is Acquiring AI Startup Apprente"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div>\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s is acquiring Apprente, a&nbsp;startup&nbsp;which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to understand speech&nbsp;in multiple languages.&nbsp;The technology will be used in the company&#8217;s drive-thrus and could also be used in its self-order kiosks and a mobile app. This is McDonald&#8217;s third tech deal this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a new self-checkout shopping cart that makes&nbsp;grocery shopping easier. When you are shopping with a Caper cart, all you have to do is scan the item barcode and simply add it to&nbsp;your cart. Once you are done shopping you pay directly on the cart. Caper recently&nbsp;closed a $10 million Series A led by Lux Capital.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google is using AI on their new baby monitor to help keep your baby safe. The new device would determine if the baby is in a non-auditory state or sense if the baby is making any abnormal behavioral patterns. It would then alert the parents 10 minutes before the baby wakes up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_35827\"  width=\"1170\" height=\"658\"  data-origwidth=\"1170\" data-origheight=\"658\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdbla3i9-7A?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/video\/339394?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+entrepreneur%2Flatest+%28Entrepreneur%29\">https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/video\/339394?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+entrepreneur%2Flatest+%28Entrepreneur%29<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDonald&#8217;s is acquiring Apprente, a&nbsp;startup&nbsp;which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to understand speech&nbsp;in multiple languages.&nbsp;The technology will be used in the company&#8217;s drive-thrus and could also be used in its self-order kiosks and a mobile app. This is McDonald&#8217;s third tech deal this year.&nbsp; There is a new self-checkout shopping cart that makes&nbsp;grocery shopping easier. 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