Artificial Intelligence How uncertainty could help a machine hold a more eloquent conversation AI startup Gamalon developed a clever new way for chatbots and virtual assistants to converse with us. by Will Knight 2018-05-07T14:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Customer Service Chatbots Are About to Become Frighteningly Realistic A startup gives chatbots and virtual assistants realistic facial expressions and the ability to read yours. by Tom Simonite 2017-03-22T13:30:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Alexa Gives Amazon a Powerful Data Advantage Millions of people talking with Alexa could help Amazon fight off Google in the home voice assistant market. by Tom Simonite 2017-01-18T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Developers Expand Amazon Alexa’s Skills—Exposing Both Its Potential and Its Limitations Amazon thinks apps for its voice-activated speaker Echo will turn the device into a big hit. by Stacey Higginbotham 2016-08-11T00:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Amazon Working on Making Alexa Recognize Your Emotions With Google and Apple preparing voice devices for the home, Amazon is teaching Alexa to listen for emotions. by Will Knight 2016-06-13T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Siri-Killer Viv Faces an Uphill Battle Startup Viv says it has invented a smarter virtual assistant—but it could be smothered by the business clout of tech giants like Apple and Amazon. by Tom Simonite 2016-05-05T15:39:00-04:00
Connectivity Wanted: Creative Humans to Make AI Personalities Sparkle Poets, fiction writers, and comedians are making virtual assistants a lot more interesting. by Rachel Metz 2016-04-08T17:35:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines AT&T Builds an Assistant App with Social Skills A prototype app called Contax analyzes communication patterns to figure out who matters to you most. by Andrew Rosenblum 2014-12-16T16:50:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Trained on Jeopardy, Watson Is Headed for Your Pocket The software that obliterated human champions on Jeopardy will now be talking to customers of banks and other companies through websites and mobile apps. by Tom Simonite 2013-05-28T12:53:42-04:00
