Own The Conversation - Issue #22
Martyn Redstone
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Conversations To Own
Articles and news that might interest you.
The People in Intimate Relationships With AI Chatbots
Replika users say that it’s all too easy to form a meaningful – even romantic – attachment to your AI friend.
Thailand's first virtual monk targets at new generation Buddhists | Thaiger
Thailand’s first AI or virtual monk launched to spread easy-to-understand and up-to-date Buddhism contents to the new generation.
Nordictrack’s New Alexa-enabled Dumbbells Let You Switch Weights With Your Voice
NordicTrack’s new adjustable dumbbells are Alexa-enabled, which means you can easily switch weights with just a few words. Available on Amazon now.
NIO Selects Cerence for Collaboration on Voice Technologies | Cerence
Cerence Scores International Voice Assistant Deal for Chinese Electric Carmaker NIO
Cerence is embedding its voice AI in the Norwegian version of Chinese electric car manufacturer NIO’s ES8 model
Decentralized clinical trial platform Thread scoops up voice tech inVibe | MobiHealthNews
Thread, a North Carolina startup focused on decentralized clinical research tech, announced its purchase of voice-powered research company inVibe for an undisclosed sum.
inVibe uses machine learning algorithms and human analysis to capture data and gain insights. The technology can be used to collect real-world patient voice data during a clinical trial.
Furhat Robotics acquires Misty Robotics
Furhat Robotics, the Swedish company behind the humanoid social robot “Furhat”, has acquired US-based Misty Robotics, creators of purpose-built social robots for developers.
HeyRenee raises $4.4M to give patients a virtual healthcare assistant | VentureBeat
HeyRenee has raised $4.4 million in funding to give people a whole healthcare solution that is like giving people a personal care assistant.
Boost.ai Unveils Top Conversational AI Trends in 2022
Boost.ai, a global leader in conversational AI at scale for Fortune 1000 companies, released their 2022 Conversational AI (CAI) Trends Guide, a report that notes 10 major trends in CAI that will have an impact on the business world in 2022.
Product director joins We Build Bots | Wales Manufacturing News | Insider Media
A new product director - Andy Feltham - has been appointed at artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent automation specialist We Build Bots.
AI models are becoming better at answering questions, but they're not perfect | VentureBeat
The Allen Institute has released a model called Macaw that can answer questions ostensibly more accurately than OpenAI’s GPT-3.
Consulting firm will use lessons from running its own virtual space to help customers build training tools, apps and metaverse worlds.
Virtual Avatars Could Change the Future of Retail
DeepBrain AI’s life-like virtual avatars can respond to customer questions and solve problems
Meta AI Introduces AV-HuBERT: A State-Of-The-Art Self-Supervised Framework For Understanding Speech That Learns By Both Seeing And Hearing People Speak
Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem
Launched in 2019, Wiz.ai focuses on developing conversational AI for Southeast Asian languages. The company said its solution can help businesses cut costs while improving customer service with personalized inbound and outbound calls. Its front-end talk bot encourages customers to engage in conversations. Meanwhile, the back-end sifts through data in real time and stores insights from the conversations into the company’s existing customer relationship management system. The data is then analyzed at granular and aggregated levels.
Replicant Names Customer Service Innovators of 2022
Replicant, announces its first annual list of the top 50 leaders who are innovating and transforming the contact center space.
Latest Jobs from Bot Jobs
See more jobs at Bot Jobs.
Featured Role: AI Trainer @ Conversation Design Institute
The AI Trainer turns data into understanding. They identify and prioritize intents for automation. It is the more technical counterpart of the conversation designer. This person works with conversational AI technologies, analytics platforms, and tools that will help improve the understanding of the AI Assistant .
You’ll receive training when starting this position. Expect a steep learning curve.
Featured Role: Conversational Designer @ Botpress
As Conversation Designer and reporting to the Head of Product, you will be responsible for designing the user experience of Botpress virtual assistants/chatbots (both for our customers and our customer-facing templates).
Conversation (AI) Designer - Fjord @ Fjord, Part of Accenture Interactive - Bot Jobs
Fjord are looking for a Conversational AI Designer to join a new team dedicated to expanding the practice of conversational design — and supporting our local studios across Europe. Even though conversational technology abounds in today’s world, we believe that we’re just starting to understand the best way to craft machine-human conversations. Our team will work with leading academics to conduct research and experimentation around conversational design, bringing fresh thinking and insights to our clients.
Product Manager - Wix Chatbot @ Wix.com - Bot Jobs
Looking for: A passionate Product Manager with 3-5 years of experience in building a consumer facing chatbot platform / voice skills / IVR and call center platforms You know how to translate user needs into a great user experience and turn complex technology into accessible products. You can analyze data to distill meaningful insights and develop ground breaking hypotheses. You have a great visual aptitude - you’re fluent in defining user workflows and sketching wireframes.
Who's Talking
Podcasts and events (virtual and IRL) of interest.
Podcasts and Interviews
Using AI to improve business processes with Scotty Technologies' Roland Hallebeek and Reiner Bruns
Kane @ VIX World is joined by Scotty Technologies to see how it approaches process automation in recruitment, healthcare and retail using conversational AI
Upcoming Events
Online Networking Events About Conversational AI & Chatbots!
THE EUROPEAN CHATBOT & CONVERSATIONAL AI SUMMIT 2nd EDITION
March 1st & 2nd 2022
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Chatbots, AI & VOICE Conference 2022 @Metaverse
Join us in the Metaverse and network with the top industry experts from companies like Google, Amazon, Walmart.
Advantest VOICE – Advantest Developer Conference
Each year, the VOICE Developer Conference unites semiconductor test professionals representing the world’s leading integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), foundries, fabless semiconductor companies and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) providers to exchange information about the latest technology advancements, express new ideas, share best practices and network with one another.
4th World Chatbots Summit | Luxatia International
Join us and global executives as we return for our 4th Annual World Chatbots Summit in Berlin, Germany on May 19th and 20th. This edition will focus on expanding the range of chatbot’s internal and external use cases, adding a human touch into NLP technology and overcoming ethical and security issues.
Conversational AI Summit | RE•WORK
Discover advances in NLP, and how application can help create digital assistants, chatbots and conversational interfaces to improve customer experience & increase engagement
PEVoC14 Conference will take place live on 24-27 August 2022
The 14th Pan-European Voice Conference has been postponed and will take place on 24-27 August 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. The conference will take place in the new building of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
What are you up to?
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Closing notes
I promised myself that I am going to start using TikTok more, so started posting up daily on there. I’m really interested in what creates engagement and what totally bombs. So far it’s a mixed bag. Any tips, as my teenage nieces seem to just ‘get it’, while I’m starting to feel old!
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Martyn, Founder @ bot-jobs.com
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