Own The Conversation - Issue #44
Martyn Redstone
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Conversations To Own
Articles and news that might interest you.
Is AI Sentience Becoming A Reality Or Are Machines Just Getting Better At Conversation?
AI chatbot company Replika is receiving messages from customers who believe their AI companions are actually sentient
Honda’s AI Talking Car Harvey Narrates Ads For Redesigned SUV
Honda is giving consumers a chance to hear about its new HR-V model from an unexpected source – the car itself.
How AI can help the talent crisis in attractions and resorts (and in general)
Adopting the right level of AI technology can free staff to focus on the most crucial - and lucrative - customer interactions.
Here’s How the AI Assistants of the Future Will Become More Human
Since most consumer-facing AI was built for commands, not two-way conversations, many of us are getting frustrated. Here’s how AI-driven experiences can get better.
The Future of Commerce Is Voice Controlled
Big Tech is already developing tools to make real voice commerce, or ambient shopping, a reality.
Meta’s AI Takes an Unsupervised Step Forward
In the quest for human-level intelligent AI, Meta is betting on self-supervised learning
The VC who helped incubate Discord has quietly spun up an autonomous contact center startup
Relan insists that Got It AI is getting smarter as the conversations it absorbs keep changing and it keeps updating both its own style and the outcomes.
Delivering on the promise of conversational AI in Banking
As virtual assistants—or chatbots as they are commonly called—burst onto the scene a decade ago, many banks saw a tremendous opportunity to lower service costs, deflect calls during peak hours, and offer 24/7 customer support. Early chatbot success in e-commerce encouraged banks to explore ways to leverage them for customer service.
Transform 2022: Announcing the nominees for VentureBeat's 4th Annual AI Innovation Awards
We are pleased to present the nominees for the 4th annual AI Innovation Awards, to be presented on July 19 at VentureBeat’s annual flagship event.
Can a chatbot indulge in small talks? Microsoft says yes!
GODEL combines two functionalities in a single model.
Dashbot Launches Conversational Data Cloud™ to Provide a Centralized View of All Chatbot Data
Dashbot, a conversational AI and data platform, today announced the launch of its proprietary Conversational Data Cloud
Hyro announces appointment of three new VPs
Daniel Ben Tov has joined as VP of Research and Development, Paz Yanover as VP of Product Management, and Cathy Jones as VP of Sales
Latest Jobs from Bot Jobs
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We are looking for a Product Manager who will guide and inspire teams to build technology products and find solutions by implementing our multimodal approaches and interactive AI systems into different industries. He/she will be collaborating with a team of research scientists and engineers to develop and implement successful product strategies and roadmaps.
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: JULY - SEPT 2022
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.
Conversational AI Summit | London | 14-15 Sept 2022
Discover advances in NLP, and how application can help create digital assistants, chatbots and conversational interfaces to improve customer experience & increase engagement
Closing notes
Back to our regular schedule this week. And it’s been great to be out and about this week. I was at FUTR conference on Friday in London. Some great content and conversations relating to retail, commerce and marketing, and conversational AI (of course).
However, the big chat was obviously about the metaverse. I’d love to discuss commerce and conversational ai in the metaverse a bit more. Anybody got any content they can point me towards?
I’ve actually started donning my Oculus 2 more and more recently. I’m still not sure how walking around in Horizon Venues is a good experience of the Metaverse, so if anybody can give me any pointers on how to really start exploring properly, then feel free to drop me a line.
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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