Author: tony parkinson

There’s a lot of hype around AI, so I decided to ask one (Google Bard) how it thought it could help the fashion industry.  Below is its unedited response:

“AI can be used in fashion businesses in a variety of ways, including:

• Designing clothes: AI...

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