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‘Distillation’ Is AI’s New Buzzword—and a Scary One for AI Companies

2025/2/6
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Kate King: 亚马逊在实体零售领域进行了多次尝试,包括Amazon Go便利店、书店、四星店和时尚店等。然而,除了食品杂货业务(特别是Whole Foods Market)表现良好外,其他业态均已关闭或放弃。Amazon Go商店虽然创新,但并未给顾客带来颠覆性的体验,因为现有的支付方式已经足够便捷。目前,亚马逊正专注于发展Whole Foods Market和Amazon Fresh,后者在经过调整后,采用配备扫描仪的购物车,并获得了一些批评者的认可。尽管如此,Amazon Fresh的长期成功仍有待观察。此外,亚马逊并未放弃Just Walk Out技术,而是将其授权给其他零售商,这表明Amazon Go的尝试并非完全没有价值,它为亚马逊提供了研发和改进该技术的机会。 Kate King: 作为一个房地产记者,我观察到亚马逊的实体店策略正在发生转变。他们关闭了一些表现不佳的业态,转而专注于食品杂货领域。同时,他们还将Just Walk Out技术授权给其他零售商,这表明亚马逊正在寻找不同的方式来利用其在实体零售方面的投资。虽然Amazon Go商店的尝试并未完全成功,但它为亚马逊提供了宝贵的经验,并为其技术授权业务奠定了基础。

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By drawing on the results of other models, distillation) can shape AI that’s almost as good, quickly and more cheaply. WSJ tech reporter Miles Kruppa says that has investors worried about the risks of pouring money into the field’s cutting edge. And retail reporter Kate King says that while Amazon) may be the champion of online retail, its recent store closures show it hasn’t replicated that success in the bricks-and-mortar space. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.

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