Own The Conversation - Issue #33
Martyn Redstone
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Conversations To Own
Articles and news that might interest you.
Audio: What is a Marketer to Do?
With the rapid mainstreaming of voice and audio, what concrete actions should a marketer take to begin embracing this powerful medium?
Top 10 Evil Robots that has the Potential to Destroy Humanity
Whether it be Robot Sophia or Philip K Dick, there have been various moments where humanoid robots by Hanson robotics have shown destructive tendencies.
A New Paradigm in Human-Machine Interaction | Greylock
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, and ex-DeepMind AI expert Karén Simonyan announced on Tuesday a new venture of theirs named Inflection AI.
The startup will focus on machine learning and natural language processing. “Throughout the history of computing, humans have had to learn to speak the language of machines. In the new paradigm, machines will understand our language,” Suleyman said in a statement.
Women in AI Awards 2022: The transformative nature of AI
The Women in AI awards Australia and New Zealand honours the top women across varied industries that are committed to excellence using artificial intelligence. The finalists for the 2022 Women in AI Awards, were announced on International Women’s Day.
How to quickly create a Power Virtual Agents chatbot on Microsoft Teams - OnMSFT.com
Power Virtual Agents on Teams (PVA) is a chatbot service built on Microsoft Power Platform, which includes PVA, Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Automate. The PVA development process uses a guided, no-code, and graphical interface approach that allows employees to create and delete chatbots to integrate it where you need it on Windows and Microsoft 365.
The name change reflects the company’s evolution and growth as well as its focus on driving innovation in automotive retailing. Along with the name change, the company is expanding its product offering with the launch of F&I Pursuit – the industry’s first conversational AI-powered solution for automated post-sale F&I retailing.
Boost.ai today announced a major milestone for its implementation with MSU Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) - delivering over 1,100 intents with 12,600 pieces of data, which are the topics a customer has in mind when typing in a question, for its virtual banking agent called Fran.
Spitch Launches in U.S. With Omnichannel Conversational AI Solutions
Spitch.ai today announced its launch in the U.S. following 400% year over year growth and a successful first funding round in 2021.
Funding and Deals
Cyara closed its acquisition of automated chatbot testing company, Botium, adding chatbot and conversational AI testing capabilities to its portfolio.
Jobs opportunities at Heyday by Hootsuite - Bot Jobs
It would be remiss of me to not point out that Heyday is hiring. And in big volumes this year. So, browse Conversational AI job opportunities at Heyday by Hootsuite and see if anything fits.
Inworld AI raises $10M to develop AI- powered virtual characters for games | VentureBeat
Inworld AI has raised $10 million to help scale its team as it prepares to launch its AI character creation platform later this year.
AI Rudder Raises US$50 Million in Series B Funding to Propel Growth and International Expansion
AI Rudder today announced it has closed a US$50 million Series B funding round, bringing total funding in the last 12 months to US$60 million.
Latest Jobs from Bot Jobs
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FEATURED ROLE: Senior Back-End Developer @ Hootsuite
You’ll build serverless microservices and design data architecture in an environment where AI and chatbots reign supreme. You’ll be the owner of your code with a devops mindset.
Conversational Experience Designer @ Swisscom - Bot Jobs
Der Conversational Experience Designer ist verantwortlich für die Chatbot- und CIVR-Experience für unsere Swisscom Kundschaft.
Consultant (m/w/d) Conversational AI @ CGI - Bot Jobs
Menschen, Bots und KI gemeinsam in Aktion in digitalen Ende zu Ende Prozessen. Wir helfen unseren Kunden ihre Prozesse zu gestalten und Intelligent Automation optimal einzusetzen. Mit innovativen Lösungen auf Basis von Low Code Plattformen tragen wir maßgeblich dazu bei, dass unsere Kunden ihre Digitalisierungsziele erreichen.
EVENTS & IRL MEETUPS
The Conversational Interaction Conference is a resource to help your company be an effective part of this trend.
www.conversationalinteraction.com
Chatbots, AI & VOICE Conference 2022 @Metaverse
Join us in the Metaverse and network with the top industry experts from companies like Google, Amazon, Walmart.
Online Networking Events About Conversational AI & Chatbots! Walk around in the virtual conference room and meet inspiring people!
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.
Closing notes
Over here in the UK, we’ve entered school holiday time. We’ve also got to the point of time where we’re jump-starting post-pandemic international travel and holidays. So, like most families at this time of the year, we’re off on vacation this week. We’re seeking some early spring sun and heading off to the blisteringly hot Eilat - on the Red Sea in the south of Israel - for our family holiday.
I love watching this newsletter grow. Subscriber numbers are raising by about 5% every week, currently. I think it just goes to show how much interest is growing in Conversational AI. I’m hoping that this newsletter keeps building 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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