Conversational AI Startup Shelf.io Raises $52.5M Enterprise conversational AI startup Shelf.io has closed a $52.5 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global and Insight.. AI 24 Aug 2
Microsoft Translator Adds Regional Accents Microsoft has augmented its Translator app with regional accents for the first time. The Speech Regions feature lets users adjust.. AI 24 Aug 2
Nuance Slightly Misses Earnings Expectations But Beats in Revenue Post-Microsoft Acquisition News Nuance reported earnings per share of $0.16, just a cent below the $0.17 projected by analysts after beating expectations the.. AI 23 Aug 2
GE Partners With Google to Power Future Smart Home Devices GE Appliances has signed a deal with Google Cloud to better integrate its future smart home devices into the platform.. AI 23 Aug 2
Alexa Can Speak With Bollywood Star Amitabh Bachchan’s Voice Amazon has debuted the voice of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan as an alternative to Alexa. Bachchan is the first celebrity.. AI 20 Aug 6
Disney Shares Details of Upcoming Theme Park Virtual Assistant Genie Disney will provide a virtual assistant as a guide and planning service for visitors to its theme parks this fall.. AI 20 Aug 3
Baidu Unveils Upgraded Baidu Brain AI and Smart Devices Chinese tech giant Baidu showcased its latest creations at its yearly Baidu World conference. Much of the broad array of.. AI 19 Aug 3
Nvidia Shows Off Virtual CEO Creation in New Documentary Nvidia created a virtual version of CEO Jensen Huang and quietly snuck in 14 seconds of the virtual human into.. AI 19 Aug 2
Speechly Shows a New Model for Voice UI on the Web – VIDEO Speechly demonstrated a new model for voice user interface on the web. While most of the voice assistant activity focuses.. AI 18 Aug 1
Ryan Steelberg President of Veritone on AI Applications that Mine Unstructured Data – Voicebot Podcast Ep 222 Ryan Steelberg is President of Veritone. He co-founded the company with his brother in 2014 and it became publicly traded.. AI 17 Aug 2