AI boss on predicting the weather for retail businesses

One of AI’s latest applications is landing in the middle of the UK’s national obsession with the weather and the topic’s newfound status. As the squeeze in consumer spending and lack of significant economic progress has left companies more vulnerable to disruption from the skies, AI is now being used to bring a more dynamic element to decision making. A new tool called Sapient Bodhi deploys AI-powered tools to offer as-live insight that can be used in supply chain management, including up-to-date weather forecasts, rather than the static long-term seasonal ones of old. Julian Skelly, head of retail at Bodhi’s parent Publicis Sapient, told City AM’s Business As Usual Podcast that the aim to let live data take over from the calendar in informing vital business decisions. Get more of City AM 👇 🌐 http://www.cityam.com X(formerly Twitter): http://twitter.com/CityAM Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cityam Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/city_am LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cityam