Own The Conversation - Issue #43
Martyn Redstone
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Conversations To Own
Articles and news that might interest you.
Voice Consumer Index 2022 - Vixen Labs
We interviewed 2,000 individuals in each country. It looks like more and more people across the UK, Germany, and the US are excited to embark on a new voice journey, and brands can steer them in the right direction.
Conversational AI: The key to shaping the Metaverse
With the Metaverse increasingly simulating the real world in a virtual space, the need for an enhanced delivery experience will also quickly become imperative.
AWS is making chatbots easier to build and deploy
Amazon Lex Automated Chatbot Designer, is based on advanced natural language models. Developers can use Amazon Lex to build, test, and deploy conversational voice and text chatbots for various contact center services.
What’s new in Microsoft Azure’s NLP AI services
Microsoft is finally close to delivering its long-promised natural user interfaces. Here’s how you can build them into your code.
Microsoft AI Researchers Open-Source 'GODEL': A Large Scale Pre-Trained Language Model For Dialog
A novel work by the Microsoft research team now presents GODEL, a Grounded Open Dialogue Language Model. Their work introduces a new class of pretrained language models that permit both task-oriented and social dialogue and are assessed by the utility of their responses.
Startups Want Chatbots, but 80% Lack the Knowledge about Conversational AI
100% of startups think that chatbot’s integration is one of the most efficient ways to make their business more seamless. At the same time, the majority (almost 80%) mention that they are struggling with the development of chatbots and they are not well aware of how to implement chatbots
Spectrm Releases 'State of B2C Conversational Marketing' Report
The report surveyed 400 B2C marketers across the globe about their experiences and approaches to better understand how marketing teams in general are using conversational marketing.
Amazon Promotes Alexa to Companion From Simple Servant's Role
Amazon is exploring the next steps for Alexa, imbuing the system with higher-level functions that will upgrade the system with features like conversational AI.
Newsroom AI launches Conversational Content Creation Platform
Newsroom AI, a London, UK- based content creation platform expands their technology portfolio with a new conversational content product under the name of Public
AI Is Not Sentient Yet. But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Useful in the Enterprise
Have large language models finally crossed the chasm and become self-aware? A Google researcher recently shocked the world by declaring that Google’s LaMDA has become sentient. Others in the business disagree, saying we’re still far away from artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Can emotion AI really boost sales? - Raconteur
New AI technology could help sellers analyse customer’s emotions. But how will people react if their facial expressions and body language are tracked?
Why conversational AI is the future of fan activations
Matjaž Možina, chief executive of mobile marketing company 2Mobile, explains how sports rights holders can capitalise on conversational commerce to drive business growth and create a more seamless matchday experience for fans.
How conversational commerce is transforming the post-pandemic property industry
The UK housing market is, for now, continuing to thrive despite the challenges of rising inflation and the spectre of yet further interest rate hikes. As the “race for space” continues, the industry must continue to attract and retain new customers to capitalise on these favourable but rapidly changing conditions.
Q&A on Natural Language Processing (NLP) With Alan Gilchrest at LivePerson
What’s the latest in the natural language processing (NLP) market? Alan Gilchrest — SVP of conversational AI at LivePerson — discusses.
Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions
Zendesk drama concludes with $10.2 billion private equity acquisition – TechCrunch
Zendesk has had a difficult time over the last several months. It has been hounded by activist investors, Jana Partners. It turned down a $17 billion acquisition in February believing it was worth more. Its investors turned down a deal to buy Survey Monkey’s parent company, Momentive the same month. Today, the drama concluded when […]
Glia, the leading provider of Digital Customer Service, has acquired Finn AI, the premier AI-powered chatbot platform for banks and credit unions.
Scots AI firm Aveni gains £2.75m to pioneer conversational tech
Aveni.ai has secured £2.75 million in funding to deliver the expansion of its Aveni Detect platform across the UK fintech market.
Webio Raises $4M in Series A Funding
Webio, a Dublin, Ireland-based provider of a Conversational AI in the credit, collections and payments industry, raised $4M in Series A funding
Under 30-Founded Smart Chat App Yaar Secures $20 Million To Automate Workplace Tasks
After selling his first company for $40 million, here’s how Under 30 lister Karan Walia is teaching computer software to browse the internet like humans.
Latest Jobs from Bot Jobs
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FEATURED JOB: Product Manager @ Emotech Ltd.
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FEATURED JOB: Conversational AI designer @ Emotech Ltd.
We are looking for a conversation designer to work with our passionate world-class designers, engineers and scientists team to implement our innovative multimodal approaches and proactive AI systems into different industries, bridging between humans and technology, and bring positive impact to our daily life.
EVENTS: JUNE - AUG 2022
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
The Voice of Healthcare Summit 2022
Voice tech and conversational AI continue to re-shape modern healthcare. We’ll explore the current best practices and best-in-class companies in this emergent space.
Over three days, Ai4 2022 brings together business leaders and data practitioners to facilitate the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology.
Closing notes
A bit of a late newsletter this week. I’ll explain more in the LinkedIn post, but simply put, I wasn’t able to stick to my weekly schedule this week, which includes putting together this newsletter on a Saturday morning ready for a Sunday send out.
Hopefully it doesn’t impact your consumption of the content, which I hope you continue to find useful and interesting.
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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