Tencent’s WeChat Xiaowei Voice Assistant May Launch Later This Year China Daily is reporting that the Tencent voice assistant, Xiaowei, may be launched as early as this year. Bloomberg first.. AI 17 Sep 3
Betaworks is Listening for Audiocamp Startup Pitches New York startup studio Betaworks is looking for the next big ideas in audio to join its upcoming Audiocamp. The.. AI 17 Sep 1
IFA 2019 Takes Assistants Everywhere to a New Level The IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) Show occurred this past week in Berlin. It is certainly Europe’s largest tech show, and some.. AI 14 Sep 3
Alexa Answers Crowdsources Knowledge Alexa Lacks Amazon released its information crowdsourcing feature Alexa Answers to the general public this week after a nine-month beta test. Alexa.. AI 13 Sep 4
FrontdeskAI Turns Gym’s Virtual Customer Service into $30K Savings a Year Business AI developer FrontdeskAI has reached a new benchmark, saving its client Sensory Fitness tens of thousands of dollars a.. AI 12 Sep 3
Amazon Alexa Ad Demonstrates How Voice Assistants Can Aid the Visually Impaired Amazon created a new ad which demonstrates how its Alexa voice assistant can help the visually impaired. The ad highlights.. AI 11 Sep 4
OCBC Bank in Singapore Taps Clinc to Add a Custom Voice Assistant to Mobile App The OCBC Banking Assistant launched today in Singapore as a new feature of the company’s mobile banking app. While OCBC.. AI 10 Sep 2
McDonald’s Acquires Voice Startup Apprente to Build Drive-Thrus With Voice Assistants McDonald’s is acquiring voice tech startup Apprente to boost its plans for voice assistant-powered drive-thrus. The Apprente team will help.. AI 10 Sep 4
Voice Control and Smart TVs: The Most Important News From IFA 2019 The IFA tech expo in Berlin this year was jammed full of news and announcements from companies eager to show.. AI 10 Sep 4
Snips Partners with NXP for New Voice Control Platform Voice AI developer Snips announced the creation of a new voice control platform in collaboration with NXP Semiconductors on Friday... AI 6 Sep 4