Multinational retail giant Walmart has created dozens of AI agents in the past months. Now the company is overhauling how the agents are organized in hopes of making them easier to use. The AI assistants will be sorted into four categories of “super agents” designed to interact with customers, vendors, retail employees and software engineers. The vendor category will serve both Walmart’s suppliers and third-party merchants who have digital storefronts at Walmart.com. According to the retailer, each group of super agents will draw on the capabilities of multiple behind-the-scenes agents and present them to users via a unified interface. Continue reading Walmart AI Super Agents Organized to Improve Ease-of-Use

Facebook has debuted Watch, a new tab for original and exclusive video content from its partners. Among those offering short episodic series are A&E, Major League Baseball and National Geographic. Facebook’s aim is to increase the amount of time users stay on the site, boosting ad sales whose revenue will be split between content creators, who keep 55 percent, with the rest going to Facebook. Episodes include “My Social Media Life” about Internet celebrity David Lopez and Business Insider’s “Great Cheese Hunt.” Continue reading Facebook Debuts Watch, a Tab for Original Exclusive Videos