Own The Conversation - Issue #37
Martyn Redstone
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Conversations To Own
Articles and news that might interest you.
Chatbot authoring company Druid raises $15M | VentureBeat
Druid, a no-code chatbot authoring platform used by major businesses such as UiPath and Orange, has raised $15 million.
Cheetos Made a Touch-Free House for Those With Cheese-Dust Hands | Muse by Clio
In an initiative tied to SXSW, Cheetos suggests that “Cheetle"—its name for the yummy orange dust that stains fingertips after a binge—inspired touch-free technology.
Google and Bolverk Launch "Voice Attorney" Game
Google and Danish games studio Bolverk Games teamed up to create the voice-controlled game “Voice Attorney” on the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max. The game comes alive when you say “Hey Google, play Voice Attorney.”
Vonage Strengthens Conversational Commerce Offering with Video Capabilities
Vonage today announced that it has strengthened its Jumper.ai conversational commerce application with new video capabilities and integrations for a more engaging retail experience.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. It was the time of self-service and the emergence of new entities called ‘chatbots’. Many sought this technology, and a few attempted to understand where it came from.
“Conversational AI is being deployed to enable chatbots and now increasingly to enable voice bots,” Koneru said.
How cutting-edge tech interfaces could monitor astronauts' health | MobiHealthNews
During a discussion at HIMSS22, panelists discuss the health challenges of a long mission to Mars and how new interfaces could keep astronauts safe.
Using Text to Voice generators to Create Audio Blogs - Deadline News
Content marketing is one of the most underappreciated yet highly effective applications of modern technology. Blogs have emerged as the go-to source of information for people of all ages and backgrounds. But what if you also have an audio player embedded in your blog content that indicates readers may be able to listen to it as well?
How the Metaverse will change the trajectory of eCommerce as we know it
The Metaverse has been the talk of the town for quite some time now, but how it will affect retail as we know it is astonishing.
How conversational AI improves the experience of customers
Chatbots create a human-like conversational experience for customers, while making it engaging at the same time, says Ravi Sundararajan, COO, Gupshup.
NRF’s Top 100 Retailers List is dominated by large, low-cost retailers. Amazon allows consumers to price shop any product, anytime, from anywhere.
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How AI Technology Is Helping Restaurants Improve Customer Experience | RestaurantNews.com
The New York Times recently reported that pressures on staffing were one of the reasons why restaurants were moving away from answering client telephone calls. Some reported being just too busy preparing food to answer calls; others said they felt a need to find other quick and efficient ways to connect and speak with customers. Some restaurants were even reported to have abandoned phone lines altogether in favor of booking purely through websites, apps, and social media.
The world continues to shift more of its customer service needs online, and those building tools to help manage that demand are seeing their stars rise as a result. In the latest development, Glia has closed a new round of funding, a Series D of $45 million that catapults the company’s valuation to over $1 billion.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ETHICAL CONVERSATIONAL AI DESIGN FOR AI ENTERPRISES
Conversational AI, which is also known as conversational artificial intelligence, refers to technology that consumers may converse with, such as chat-bots or virtual agents. They employ big data, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing to mimic human interactions by identifying speech and text inputs and translating their meanings across languages. That is, it refers to a variety of artificial intelligence technologies that allow computers to communicate with humans “intelligently.”
Latest Jobs from Bot Jobs
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FEATURED JOB: CX- Conversational Designer @ General Motors
Our Customer Experience Design group is seeking a passionate Conversation Designer with expertise in Multimodal Product Design. In this role, you will help us set strategic direction and craft groundbreaking experiences across multiple brands and digital platforms. Our work touches millions of lives across web, mobile, wearable, vehicle, and conversational interfaces.
FEATURED JOB: Backend Developer, Conversational AI @ Vocalime
Some of the products we’ve worked on have been used by tons of users and we’ve been growing steadily since our birth. To support our growth, we’d like to expand our technical team. More people = more projects = more fun.
If you love coding, you’re pretty damn good at it and you find the idea of building conversational products interesting…you’ve come to the right place.
FEATURED JOB: Conversational AI Architect (remote) @ SentiOne
SentiOne is a place where state-of-the-art solutions are built by passionate and ambitious people, flat structure, no micromanagement, no dress code, TAWBATOT after work, celebrating every possible occasion - that’s life at SentiOne.
We’re looking for a Conversational AI Architect to join our growing bot design team, working on our SentiOne Automate platform.
MAY AND JUNE EVENTS
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.
AT THE WOMEN IN VOICE 2022 SUMMIT…
You’re invited to the Women in Voice 2022 Summit! Our largest annual global event. May 23-26, 2022
The MENA Conversational AI Summit will showcase the emerging trends in Conversational AI applications enabled via machine learning to uncover the potential for humanizing digital experiences. Delegates will experience a power-packed agenda consisting of presentations, panel discussions and keynotes from globally renowned speakers, panelists and moderators.
Practical conference about Machine Learning, AI and Deep Learning applications
THE AFRICA CHATBOT & CONVERSATIONAL AI SUMMIT 2ND EDITION
Chatbot Africa & Conversational AI Summit is a two days conference and exhibition designed to host industry executives, and adopters of Conversational AI, Chatbots, Virtual assistants, voice technology and Conversation design. The summit will reflect the latest tendencies and recent application changes in the Conversational AI space in the African markets.
The AI Summit London | The World's Largest AI Event For Business
15-16 June 2022 | Accelerating your enterprise AI roadmap, placing you at the forefront of implementation.
COLLISION | TalkRobot – Celebrating the rise of the machines | June 20-23, 2022
Drones, factory lines, machine learning, security… Wherever you look, there’s evidence that robots are here to stay.
Closing notes
It’s been a whirlwind week. Here in London, face to face meetings are definitely back on the agenda and I’ve been whizzing around London like it was 2019!
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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