AIAmazon AlexaHealthcareNews Tech Accessibility Startup K4Connect Raises $7.7M to Close $21M Funding Round Tech solutions for seniors and those with disabilities developer K4Connect has closed a $21 million Series B funding round after.. 8 Jul 3
AIChatbotsHealthcareNews New Dentistry Chatbot Helps Triage Patients During COVID-19 Crisis Dental software developer Awrel has debuted a new chatbot to help dentists screen for patients in need of emergency care.. 8 Jul 3
Google AssistantNewsSmart Home “Hey Google” Smart Home Virtual Summit Promises Tighter Google Assistant Integration for Nest Devices Google’s vision of future smart homes is centered on making Google Assistant part of more devices and easier for users.. 7 Jul 3
Amazon AlexaDevicesNewsVoice Assistant Amazon Integrates Wake Word Activation to Alexa Mobile App Alexa mobile app users won’t need to tap the screen to awaken the voice assistant any longer. Amazon announced on.. 7 Jul 4
DevicesHearablesNews xMEMS Labs Debuts New Monolithic MEMS Speaker Designed for Better, Longer-Lasting Headphones and Earbuds Audio technology developer xMEMS Labs revealed its new Montara speaker, a microspeaker designed for earbuds and headphones. The company claims.. 7 Jul 1
AINewsPrivacyVoice Assistant More than 1,000 Phrases Will Accidentally Awaken Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant: Study Voice assistants will awaken when they hear a wide array of words and phrases that are not their actual wake.. 6 Jul 3
AIIBM WatsonNews British Hospital Launches Virtual Assistant Using IBM Watson AI A British hospital system has debuted a virtual assistant to help employees stay on top of the ongoing COVID-19 health.. 6 Jul 2
AIGoogle AssistantNews Google Integrates SmartReply AI into YouTube YouTube creators can now use Google’s SmartReply to interact with commenters on their videos. The artificial intelligence will make suggestions.. 6 Jul 3
AIPodcastVoicebot InterviewVoicebot Podcast Alan Nichol CTO and Co-founder of Rasa – Voicebot Podcast Ep 157 Alan Nichol co-founded Rasa in December 2016. The company began life as an open source NLU for chatbots and has.. 5 Jul 1
AINewsVoice Technology Funding Voice Filter Startup Voicemod Closes $8M Funding Round Voice filter startup Voicemod has closed an $8 million Series A funding round led by German Bitkraft Ventures. Voicemod provides.. 3 Jul 3