Amazon's Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives
Amazon's Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members—even if they're dead.
Jun 23, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
Should we be concerned about Google AI being sentient?
From virtual assistants like Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa, to robotic vacuums and self-driving cars, to automated investment portfolio managers and marketing bots, artificial intelligence has become a big part of our everyday ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Consumer protection: Increased data sovereignty for voice assistant users
While voice assistants like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant may be a useful part of everyday life, they are coming under fire from data protection and consumer advocates. The virtual assistants are alleged to collect user ...
Mar 01, 2022
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'Always there': the AI chatbot comforting China's lonely millions
After a painful break-up from a cheating ex, Beijing-based human resources manager Melissa was introduced to someone new by a friend late last year.
Aug 24, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Mix-StAGE: A model that can generate gestures to accompany a virtual agent's speech
Virtual assistants and robots are becoming increasingly sophisticated, interactive and human-like. To fully replicate human communication, however, artificial intelligence (AI) agents should not only be able to determine ...
Aug 13, 2020 feature
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People are too trusting of virtual assistants
Attributing lifelike qualities to virtual assistants could cause people to reveal more personal information to the companies that own them than they otherwise would, according to a new study.
Jan 03, 2020
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Voice assistant technology is in danger of trying to be too human
More than 200m homes now have a smart speaker providing voice-controlled access to the internet, according to one global estimate. Add this to the talking virtual assistants installed on many smartphones, not to mention kitchen ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence has a gender bias problem—just ask Siri
Suggest to Samsung's Virtual Personal Assistant Bixby "Let's talk dirty", and the female voice will respond with a honeyed accent: "I don't want to end up on Santa's naughty list."
Sep 23, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Virtual assistants with personality can help with mental illness
Computer scientists have pioneered a new method that could be used to develop more "natural" automated virtual assistants to help people suffering from mental illness.
Sep 18, 2019
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New tool makes web browsing easier for the visually impaired
Researchers have developed a new voice assistant that allows people with visual impairments to get web content as quickly and as effortlessly as possible from smart speakers and similar devices.
Aug 19, 2019
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