back to article Slack snags Foursquare veep to run new AI and machine learning office

Noah Weiss, formerly the senior veep of product management at Foursquare, has been snagged by biz-chatter biz Slack to head up its new Search, Learning, and Intelligence group. Alongside opening an office in New York, Weiss will be encouraging the platform's expansion by developing artificial intelligence tools for customers …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I remember a time when a dumb keyword search would find me a wealth of information on that topic, ranked close enough to how I'd have ranked it.

    Now with AI / machine learning I have a side bar which suggests "based on your recent purchase of a TV last week, how would you like to purchase the same TV this week?".

    That is the pinnacle of machine learning, and I don't see it improving in the near future.

  2. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    Slack. Because there aren't enough messaging services yet.

    or

    Slack. Because pouring money into Twitter is too mainstram.

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