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How enterprise is putting conversational AI to work
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Just how big a deal is Google’s new Meena chatbot model?
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With Google’s Meena, are AI assistants about to get a lot smarter?
Meena is Google’s attempt at making true conversational AI
10 things to try with your new Google Nest smart speaker
Hugging Face raises $15 million to build open source community for cutting-edge conversational AI
Sonos acquires privacy-conscious AI startup Snips for $37.5 million
Google Cloud’s Contact Center AI hits general availability
Fireflies raises $5 million for its AI assistant for meetings
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Why fin services companies can’t ignore voice and chat (VB Live)
Next-gen Google Assistant works in near real time, offers speech transcription
Rasa’s conversational AI can selectively ignore bits of dialogue to improve its responses
Google Assistant no longer saves voice recordings by default
Google open-sources datasets for AI assistants with human-level understanding
Apple wants Siri to discuss health problems and translate speech in 2021
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The shift toward open source conversational AI
Microsoft’s Icecaps toolkit makes multiple-persona conversational AI with multitask learning
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Why financial services companies need to invest in voice and chat (VB Live)
AI researchers launch SuperGLUE, a rigorous benchmark for language understanding
Nvidia trains world’s largest Transformer-based language model
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The Conversational AI Summit at Transform: Learn why it’s the most important AI tech right now
Mindsay raises $10 million for cross-platform chatbots
Clinc raises over $50 million to bring conversational AI to cars, banks, and kiosks
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Google’s voice strategy is ubiquitous and comprehensive
Facebook is reportedly developing an AI assistant to take on Alexa and Google Assistant
Rasa raises $13 million for open source conversational AI tools
Sherpa.ai raises $8.5 million to shepherd its Spanish-speaking assistant to smart speakers
Google Assistant gets flight check-in feature and Maps integration
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Pypestream raises $15 million for conversational enterprise AI
Google Assistant gets photo-sharing with voice, to-do lists, and new kids’ stories
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Amazon awards Alexa Prize for conversational bots to Gunrock team from UC Davis
Amazon opens up Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit to all wireless headphone and wearable device makers
Microsoft launches template for making branded virtual assistants
Microsoft acquires Botkit creator XOXCO
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A brand primer for the conversational assistant revolution
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How AI conversational tech is transforming financial services (VB Live)
Spot launches workplace harassment bot for internal company use
LivePerson acquires Conversable, a conversational AI company
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