Microsoft Restricts Custom Voice and Facial Recognition AI Access Microsoft has begun narrowing access to some of its voice AI and facial recognition technology to match its newly revamped.. AI 21 Jun 2
French Ad Agency Appoints Virtual Lion as Chief Metaverse Officer French advertising and public relations giant Publicis Groupe France has appointed a virtual being named Leon as its chief metaverse.. AI 21 Jun 3
Over Half of U.S. Adults Have Smart Home Devices, Nearly 30% Use Voice Assistants with Them – NEW REPORT The 2022 U.S. Smart Home Consumer Adoption Report revealed today that over half of U.S. adults have a smart home.. AI 20 Jun 3
Half of Smart Speaker Owners Respond Positively to Ads Around half of smart speaker owners who have heard advertising through their device are likely to respond positively, according to.. AI 20 Jun 2
Wendy Founds Sunrise City Metaverse Experience on Meta’s Horizon Worlds Wendy’s has founded a new city in the metaverse to focus on its breakfast foods. The new Sunrise City experience.. AI 20 Jun 2
Two Voice Devs and Voicebot on Google Ending Conversational Actions (Voice Apps) – VIDEO Google announced this week that it will be sunsetting support for third-party conversational actions–the voice apps that work with Google.. AI 17 Jun 4
Smart Speaker Adoption Continues Slowdown Even as Voice Assistant Command Frequency and Variety Jumps: Report About 35% of Americans over 18, around 100 million people, own at least one smart speaker, according to the new.. AI 17 Jun 3
Veritone Acquiress Synthetic Speech Startup VocaliD Enterprise AI developer Veritone has acquired synthetic speech startup VocaliD for an undisclosed price. Veritone unveiled a voice model of.. AI 16 Jun 3
Enterprise Conversational AI Startup Webio Raises $4M Customer service conversational AI platform Webio has closed a $4 million Series A funding round led by Finch Capital. The.. AI 16 Jun 4
Krafton Debuts First Virtual Being for Its Metaverse, Ana Korean video game developer Krafton this week introduced Ana, its first virtual human for the metaverse. Ana’s synthetically generated voice.. AI 16 Jun 2