Amazon today announced the Alexa Prize. It is a big purse for university students to, “create a socialbot, an Alexa skill that..
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Google announced its purchase of API.ai, a company that helps developers build conversational bots by providing the tools they need..
Bloomberg – Google’s DeepMind developed WaveNet, an artificial intelligence that uses the individual sound waves of the human voice to..
Business Insider released a new report on the chatbot revolution including the different types of chatbots, how businesses are using..
VentureBeat – Israeli startup BeyondVerbal which specializes in analyzing human emotion based on voices raised $3 million led by KuangChi..
The New York Times – Researchers from Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft have been meeting to create a standard..
Bloomberg – Chinese Internet search giant Baidu announced plans to increase its investment in AI technology including a partnership with..
FierceHealthcare – Google’s DeepMind Health announced it will work in partner with the radiology department at University College London Hospitals..
VentureBeat – Guest blogger Tobias Goebel of Aspect Software writes about the four capabilities that are necessary to have in..
Adweek – Jewelry brand Lokai and nonprofit Charity: Water created a Facebook messenger bot to drive awareness of the water..
