Own The Conversation - Issue #12
Martyn Redstone
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Conversations To Own
Articles and news that might interest you.
Running with last week’s theme (as it proved very popular), listed below are the most popular articles shared on the Bot Jobs LinkedIn page this week.
Joint Statement from McDonald’s and IBM
Today, IBM, a leader in AI for business and AI-powered customer care, entered into an agreement with McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant company, to further accelerate the development and deployment of its Automated Order Taking (AOT) technology. Under the agreement, IBM will acquire McD Tech Labs, which was created to advance employee and customer facing innovations following McDonald’s 2019 acquisition of Apprente.
LivePerson acquires VoiceBase and Tenfold to power scaled Voice AI innovation
LivePerson acquires VoiceBase and Tenfold to power scaled Voice AI innovation Unified, deeply integrated Voice and Conversational AI system will help brands put customers in control of their experiences
Amazon Lulls Listeners into Shopping with Interactive Ads
Amazon launched new tools for brand advertisers during its UnBoxed event this week. Among them: it added new features to its audio ads on Amazon Music’s ad-supported tier that includes voice calls-to-action.
Wells Fargo has a new virtual assistant in the works named Fargo
Wells Fargo announced that it would be releasing a digital assistant, named ‘Fargo’ as part of its revamped app in 2022.
Jio Haptik Technologies Limited (Haptik), a subsidiary of Jio Platforms group, announced the launch of their new self-serve Enterprise CX platform. The company claims this will help brands build Intelligent Virtual Assistants in a low code environment and go live within a few days.
5 Companies Offering Conversational AI Sol. Named IDC Innovators
International Data Corporation (IDC) today published an IDC Innovators report profiling five companies offering conversational artificial intelligence (AI)
DRUID announces a 5x Growth Rate
DRUID, a leader in the conversational AI market, reports a 5x growth rate for the Monthly Recurring Revenue YoY, and 2.3 mil dollars annual recurring revenues at the end of September 2021.
A majority of people in Latin America skip shopping on the web and instead use a combination of messaging and social apps to find inspiration, ask questions and make purchases.
Yugasa Software Labs filed patents in the field of Conversational AI and Chatbots.
Latest Jobs from Bot Jobs
Full Stack Voice Developer @ Skilled Creative
Skilled Creative is looking for an experiences VOICE Developer to join our team.
Chatbot Linguist @ Wells Fargo
The AI Consultant / linguist will be responsible for building human language data sets to train machine learning models driving the chatbots. One of the key responsibilities for the Digital AI team is to build and manage chatbot and virtual assistant platforms to deliver conversational experiences for customers.
Conversational AI Specialist @ Artificial Solutions
Here at Artificial Solutions, we connect the world and power millions of interactions every day! Join us & let’s create conversations…Together!!!
Manager, A.I. Chatbot @ JustAnswer
We are looking for a seasoned marketing manager with experience leading and growing teams. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of experience managing individual contributors, ideally in the chatbot space, but also software developers or writers. Previous chatbot experience is plus (DialogFlow, IBM Watson, Lex, etc.), as is hands-on experience working on NLP/NLU projects.
Chatbot Developer (contract) @ IBI Group
IBI Group’s India office is searching for a Chatbot Developer to join its growing team for a 4 month contract opportunity.
Chatbot Development Specialist @ Daraz
Developing chatbot conversation flows to improve access to aforementioned resolutions. Continually analysing interactions to identify gaps and refining content through UX experiments, user feedback, and analysis of performance metrics.
See more jobs at Bot Jobs.
Who's Talking
Podcasts and events (virtual and IRL) of interest.
Podcasts and Interviews
openSAP Pandemic Innovation Stories
In this openSAP podcast, join our Chief Engineering Officer Rahul Choudhary to learn how we built an internal COVID-19 chatbot in 5 days powered by SAP Conversational AI and an AI-based solution for detecting violations of COVID-19 norms to ensure safe return at the office.
Lark Health is betting on a texting platform that is 100 percent driven by conversational AI to help patients manage their chronic conditions better.
Upcoming Events
Conversational AI-Chatbots Online Networking Event
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AI Changing the relationship between human and machine | Wonderland AI Summit 2021
Wonderland AI Summit 2020
Conversation Design Festival 2nd Edition 2021 - Nov 29 | Hopin
The 2nd edition Conversation Design Festival
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Closing notes
I hope you enjoyed Issue #12.
I’m hoping that this keeps builds and improving with every issue. Let me know your thoughts, feedback and ideas of what you want to see by DM on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram or even TikTok (not that I have worked that one out yet!).
Have a great week ahead!
Martyn, Founder @ bot-jobs.com
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