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Google Duo for Android prepares to support calls without a phone number

Google Duo makes video calls pretty easy, but there’s still a roadblock or two to getting users going. Now, it appears Google Duo is preparing to solve one of those issues by allowing users to make calls without a phone number. Jane Wong spotted a setting Google has not yet rolled out to the Duo app for Android. That new setting enables others to contact you on Google Duo using just your email…
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Duolingo’s AI drives its English proficiency tests

Language learning startup Duolingo leverages AI and machine learning to create and score English proficiency tests automatically, reveals a paper published in the journal Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics. In it, researchers peel back the curtains…
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LinkedIn’s AI gives job candidates feedback on their interview answers

LinkedIn today announced a new AI-powered feedback tool for people practicing answers to job interview questions. The Microsoft-owned company claims that in early tests, it resulted in a “significant increase” in LinkedIn members rehearsing their answers. The tool taps into technology Microsoft developed for Presenter Coach, a PowerPoint feature designed to provide guidance with respect to…
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Resistant AI raises $2.75 million to protect algorithms from adversarial attacks

Resistant AI has raised $2.75 million in venture capital to develop an artificial intelligence system that protects algorithms from automated attacks. Index Ventures and Credo Ventures led the investment, which also included participation by Seedcamp; Daniel Dines, CEO of UiPath; and Michal Pechoucek, CTO of Avast. The Prague-based company focuses on the growing problem of hackers harnessing AI…
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How to manage COVID-19 exposure notifications on iPhone

Apple and Google have partnered on offering a secure and private coronavirus contact tracing implementation on iOS and Android. Follow along for where to find the on/off toggle for COVID-19 contact tracing on iPhone in iOS settings. Anonymous COVID-19 contact tracing via…
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Google Duplex now speaks Spanish, starts calling businesses in Spain to update hours

Google today launched Google Duplex, its AI chat agent that can arrange appointments over the phone, in Spain to automate the updating of business hours across Google Search and Google Maps. For the first time, it’s speaking in Spanish — Duplex previously only spoke in English. The expansion follows a pilot in New New Zealand and Duplex’s quiet expansion to the U.K., Australia, and Canada.
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