Google Duplex, the futuristic service that uses AI to place phone calls and make reservations, can already book movie tickets and will soon be able to rent a car. The service has been rolled out across the US, and now international rollout is beginning with a test in New Zealand.
As spotted by The Verge, Google New Zealand has published a blog post announcing a pilot of the Duplex…
Signal AI (formerly Signal Media), a New York-based startup leveraging AI to automate business intelligence and media monitoring tasks, today announced that it’s raised $25 million in series C funding led by Redline Capital with participation from existing investors…
Tracking the health of underwater species is critical to understanding the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. Unfortunately, it’s a time-consuming process — biologists conduct studies with echosounders that use sonar to determine water and object depth, and…
Microsoft’s AI rewrites sentences based on context
October 21, 2019
Ever heard of context modeling? It defines how contextual data is structured and maintained, and it plays a pivotal role in open domain conversation. That’s why researchers at Microsoft recently investigated a novel approach that involves rewriting the last utterance in a dialogue turn (i.e., a series of utterances) by considering context history. In a preprint paper detailing their work…
How AI powers the Pixel 4
October 21, 2019
Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL go on sale this week after making their debut at a hardware event in New York last week, and like previous versions of Google’s flagship smartphone, artificial intelligence powers many exclusive new features and improvements.
On-device…
5 predictions for AI’s impact on customer experience in 2020
October 18, 2019
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2019 is wrapping up — time to take stock of the customer service trends that shaped the year, and get positioned for 2020. Join this VB Live event for a look at the predictions that came true, the hype that fizzled, and what’s next for AI…
Why Google still needs the cloud even with on-device ML
October 18, 2019
Google held its big annual hardware event Tuesday in New York to unveil the Pixel 4, Nest Mini, Pixelbook Go, Nest Wifi, and Pixel Buds. It was mostly predictable because details about virtually every piece of hardware the company revealed at the event were leaked months in advance, but if Google’s biggest hardware event of the year had an overarching theme, it was the many applications of…
Google’s Pixel 4 ups the AI ante to offline language models
October 18, 2019
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Google’s Pixel phones are the company’s preferred way of showcasing its AI chops to consumers. Pixel phones consistently set the phone camera bar thanks to Google’s AI prowess. But many of the AI features have nothing to do with the…
Here’s how to blow everyone’s minds with your company’s AI product at Transform 2020
October 18, 2019
The Transform Technology Showcase is back at Transform 2020, July 15-16 in San Francisco, and applications are open. Throw your hat in the ring now if you think your AI product or service is groundbreaking, cutting edge, or just plain cool — and delivers real-world…
How does society create an ethics guide for AI?
October 18, 2019
Coined the fourth industrial revolution, the advancement of artificial intelligence and machine learning brings interesting discussion to the table. Because AI is so comprehensive and covers several industries, we find ourselves asking obscure questions such as “Do we need to legalize predictive AI policing?” or “How do we iron out biases from algorithms that determine job…
