AI’s superpower is it’s ability to recognise patterns. Detecting anomalies plays a vital role in identifying deviations from what is considered ‘normal’. Anomalies can provide crucial insights into potential issues, exceptional events, or outliers within metrics. In...
INSIGHTS: AI
Opportunities and Challenges – how AI is shaping the future of convenience retailing
Over the last few months AI packaged under the name ChatGPT has gone viral. It is, in fact, the fastest-growing consumer internet app ever, according to analysts...
Understanding your customers in a world of data
The key for any successful business endeavour has always been understanding your customers. But gone are the days of good old fashioned face-to-face customer service, the days where you knew – almost – all your customers, their family members, and personal...
Artificial intelligence in oil and gas
With new technologies being adopted by the energy sector, the offshore oil and gas industry has seen rapid changes in recent years. One of these exciting new technological fields shaping the industry is the field of artificial intelligence. But what is artificial...
What are the biggest AI trends in 2021 and forward?
The usage of artificial intelligence is ever increasing due to the many benefits that can be achieved. Just to name a few trending topics within AI, we see that process automation, behavioral prediction, and price optimization are components of modern AI-systems that...
AI in automotive: the revolutionary trends of artificial intelligence in the automotive industry
Whilst AI in the automotive industry is currently in its fledgling stages, it has the potential to completely revolutionise the sector. AI is being implemented, not just in headline-grabbing self-driving vehicles but across the entire value chain from manufacturing...
AI vs AI vs AI…and the question of market complexity
It’s been an interesting situation to be in. Approaching a customer with PriceCast Fuel, only to hear, “Yes, others are talking to us about artificial intelligence too!” Then when they sit down and listen to our pitch, they realise, “actually, yours seems...
AI and the Impact on the Transaction Journey in Tomorrow’s World
It all used to be so easy. You drove up in your car to the gas station, and you said to yourself, “I’ll fill up, pay the cashier, and go. Maybe I might buy some oil or windscreen wash.” Then gas stations began selling food. Who remembers Clark Griswold and his...
Don’t Panic! No, the forecourt is not going anywhere soon…
…but it doesn’t mean that change isn’t coming… On the 11th June, the BBC posted an article essentially announcing the imminent death of the forecourt. Their justification, to summarise rather bluntly, is the incoming UK legislation around the ban on the sale of new...