Mozilla Common Voice Picks Up $3.4M to Teach Voice Assistants to Speak Kiswahili A coalition of international non-profits is investing $3.4 million in Mozilla Common Voice to lay a foundation for voice assistants.. AI 26 May 4
Microsoft Brings GPT-3 to Natural Language Programming Tool Microsoft has integrated OpenAI’s enormous GPT-3 language model into its low-code Power Apps programming tool to make it easier to.. AI 26 May 5
SoapBox Labs Rolls Out New Features to Help Voice Assistants Understand Children Children’s speech recognition tech startup SoapBox Labs has launched new ways for children to better interact with voice assistants. The.. AI 25 May 4
Conversational AI Startup Hyro Raises $10.5M Industry-focused conversational AI developer Hyro has closed a $10.5 million Series A funding round led by Spero Ventures. Hyro develops.. AI 25 May 5
Spokestack Introduces Personalized Voice Assistant Development Platform for Web and Mobile Apps Voice technology startup Spokestack has debuted a new tool for personalizing custom voice assistants using machine learning. The Spokestack Maker.. AI 25 May 4
Voice Assistant Starts Taking Orders at Chicken Drive-Thru Restaurant Chain A voice assistant has begun handling drive-thru orders for Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken Restaurant. The conversational AI built by Israeli.. AI 24 May 3
AI Meeting Transcription Startup Fireflies.ai Raises $14M Digital conference virtual assistant startup Fireflies.ai has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures... AI 24 May 3
Snapchat Launches New Augmented Reality Smart Glasses With Voice Commands for Lens Creators Snap Inc. released a new and improved version of the Spectacles smart glasses for Snapchat, with sophisticated augmented reality tools.. AI 21 May 4
Veritone Launches Synthetic Speech Generator for Celebrities and Influencers Voice and AI developer Veritone has launched a new way of crafting synthetic voices for celebrities and brands. The Marvel.ai.. AI 20 May 2
Call Center AI Startup ASAPP Raises $120M Customer service and experience AI developer ASAPP has raised $120 million in a Series C funding round from existing investors.. AI 20 May 3