Tech Xplore - voice data

Amazon just took over a primary health care company for a lot of money. Should we be worried?

This week, Amazon announced plans to fork out US$3.9 billion (A$5.6 billion) to acquire U.S. health care company One Medical.

Jul 27, 2022

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New technology to greatly improve video communication tested during dive to Titanic wreck

The COVID-19 pandemic has enormously boosted the popularity of video communication—but sometimes poor transmission quality, dropouts, and connection failures during meetings or conference calls tax the participants' patience. ...

Jul 26, 2022

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Shareholder: Amazon's 'astronomical' misuse of customer data could ruin company

Taking a new approach to bringing attention to how Amazon uses individuals' data, a shareholder is suing Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy and 17 other Amazon leaders he claims knowingly allowed the company to violate state laws.

May 13, 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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AI system-on-chip runs on solar power

AI is used in an array of useful applications, such as predicting a machine's lifetime through its vibrations, monitoring the cardiac activity of patients and incorporating facial recognition capabilities into video surveillance ...

Jun 17, 2021

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Microsoft patent would let us chat with the departed

A chilling episode of the Twilight Zone that first aired 60 years ago focused on a young boy (played by Bill Mumy) who frustrated his parents by insisting he speaks to his grandmother daily on the toy phone she had given ...

Jan 25, 2021 report

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An attacker can steal sensitive user data over the phone using smart speakers

In recent years, voice assistants such as Siri, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Cortana have become increasingly popular. People in many countries worldwide communicate with these artificial intelligence (AI) agents on ...

Oct 27, 2020 feature

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T-Mobile says it's working to fix widespread network issues

T-Mobile, one of the three largest mobile carriers in the U.S., said it's working to fix a widespread network issue.

Jun 16, 2020

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Google vows to do more to protect your voice data

Google came under fire after media reports revealed that its contractors listened to customer audio recordings captured by the company's virtual assistant this year.

Sep 24, 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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