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Own The Conversation - Issue #40
Martyn Redstone
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Conversations To Own
Articles and news that might interest you.
Is AI the solution to enhancing your DEI goals?
By leveraging advanced technologies like artificial intelligence AI algorithms machine learning ML and natural language processing NLP organisations can now resolve the DEI challenges and make HR processes more effective and efficient
OpenDialog raises £4m for conversational AI platform
Congrats to our friends OpenDialog, who have raised $5m in their first seed round of funding.
mNotify and Chatbots Africa founder wins Forty Under 40 Africa Award
Founder of mNotify Company and Chatbots Africa, Mr Ronald Tagoe has been adjudged the Best Science and Technology Personality of the Year at the just-ended maiden edition of the 2022 Forty Under 40 Africa Awards.
Why virtual assistants fail and how to fix them
If you are thinking deploying virtual assistants for customer care, here’s how to build a frictionless experience for users.
Humanising banking: How Conversational AI provides a human touchpoint in the finance sector
Digitalisation in the banking industry isn’t new, yet we have experienced immense “tech-celeration” in the last two years to last a lifetime and pandemic-induced changes in consumer behaviours that will never return to the way it was.
Most tech-savvy consumers do not regularly walk into a bank anymore, technology provides consumers with convenient and quick access to banking services.
Animatico Is Improving Customer Interactions With AI-based Avatars
Avatars are increasingly taking center stage as retailers and brands look to improve their customer experience offerings and drive more engaging shopper interactions. While not necessarily a new technology, for years most of the backend engineering and tech underpinning avatars has been clunky with poor conversational capability and a lack of effective voice control.
A Wave Of Billion-Dollar Language AI Startups Is Coming
Given language’s ubiquity throughout the economy, few areas of technology will have a more far-reaching impact in the years ahead than NLP.
The Future of Automobile Workforce and CX transformed with Conversational AI
The automobile industry is on the cusp of a technology revolution, the use of myriad new-age techniques lending it a distinct makeover.
Spotify confirms it’s testing a new ‘Car Mode’ interface with some users – TechCrunch
Spotify has started testing a new “Car Mode” interface with some users, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The test comes a few months after Spotify announced that it was retiring its simplified automotive interface called “Car View”
TOP 10 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAREER TRENDS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2022
If we can put aside the question of whether Artificial intelligence would gain the ability to function with agency equivalent to that of humans and thereby make them redundant, there is one immediate concern that needs to be addressed with respect to the impact it will have on the job market and career options.
ROBOTS COULD LEAD TO A UTOPIAN OR DYSTOPIAN FUTURE
Robots, as of now are surrounding us; whether the automatic machines gather our vehicles or the virtual assistants that utilize conversational connection, points to help us around the house. However, as we’ve seen, they’re not right now appropriate for all everyday issues.
Conversational AI: Augmenting Account-Based Marketing Success
The fact is, adopting an ABM strategy is one thing but having effective solutions for execution is another—solutions that can address the underlying difficulties of personalized engagement across a high volume and frequency of conversations and augment the work of revenue teams.
A code-free system that empowers companies using artificial intelligence (AI) to perform various activities such as, but not limited to, data classification and analysis, “No-code” solutions enable users to create application functionality without writing programming code
Debt Recovery Bots from Rezo.ai redefine loan collection processes for Banks and NBFCs | Business
After nearly two years of ups and downs due to COVID-19, the Indian economy finally shows signs of revival. An important indicator of this revival is the strong demand for retail loans. However, banks and NBFCs have another problem to tackle, i.e., rising delinquencies on two-wheeler loans, loans against property, and personal loans.
Roku Applies Speech Recognition to Boost Movie Audio
The new Roku OS 11 incorporates an automatic speech clarity feature that Roku says can detect when people are talking and raise the volume only of the dialogue portion without making the rest of the audio louder. It uses artificial intelligence to differentiate between humans voices and other sounds.
Twilio Stock: Building Communications Monopoly
Twilio aspire to become the leading cloud communications and customer engagement platform.
DRUID joins Endeavor, a Leading Community of High-impact Entrepreneurs
DRUID, the end-to-end platform for building AI-driven conversational business applications, has joined the prestigious Endeavor Global network – a community of international entrepreneurial companies that dream big, scale fast and pay it forward, changing their economies for the better in the process.
Zowie, a chatbot for retailers, raises 14 million dollars in funding
Zowie, an AI powered chatbot built to support sales for e-commerce brands, has raised 14 million dollars in a Series A funding round.
Latest Jobs from Bot Jobs
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FEATURED JOB: Conversation Designer @ Jio Haptik
If you’re someone who loves writing and product design and wants to shape the future of Conversational AI, this role is for you. As a resident wordsmith, you will be working within the Enterprise team to create ideal conversational user experiences.
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.
FEATURED JOB: Intern Conversational Designer @ Hubtype
We are looking for an Intern Conversational Designer for our amazing team. We know that it’s a new discipline, so if you don’t have experience in Conversational Design it’s okay, the most important thing is that you are interested in Virtual Assistants’ world and that you desire to learn and go deeper into this exciting world.
EVENTS: JUNE - JULY 2022
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.
CDI Festival: How to win at Conversational AI - Jun 28
Learn How to win at Conversational AI and take your knowledge to the next level! This 2-day festival taking place on Tuesday June 28th and Wednesday June 29th starting at 10 AM CET, will feature keynotes, firesides & panels from well-rounded professionals working on chatbots, voice assistants & other Conversational AI projects in addition to an interactive workshop day from leading companies in the space.
Voice Tech Summit Americas - Las Vegas
27 - 28 JULY 2022 SANTA FE STATION HOTEL & CASINO, LAS VEGAS NEVADA FUTURE-PROOFING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WITH VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Conversational User Interfaces
The ACM in-cooperation 2022 Conversational User Interfaces conference will take place in Glasgow, UK, running from 26–28th July 2022.
www.conversationaluserinterfaces.org
Closing notes
This weekend is Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. and next week sees a long holiday weekend here in the UK for the Queens 70th Jubilee celebrations. So it’s looking like a very short week for some.
With that, next weekend I’ll be taking a break from the newsletter as we’re heading off camping for the long weekend. Me, my wife and kids in a tent in the middle of a field for four nights. What could go wrong!!
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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