Own The Conversation - Issue #25 (The LinkedIn Edition)
Martyn Redstone
genAssess - AI Skills Assessments | Conversational AI & Automation Specialist | Founder, Speaker, Educator & Problem Solver in Recruitment and Talent Tech
Welcome to Own The Conversation!
Own The Conversation is a weekly, manually curated newsletter with all the news in the world of Conversational AI. From interesting articles to funding news and the latest jobs. I hope you get everything you need, and more, from this newsletter.
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Conversations to own...
These are the articles and news that I've bookmarked to read later that I think will interest you too:
We’re excited to announce the general availability of our intuitive, new visual user interface for Google Cloud’s Speech-to-Text (STT) API, right in Google Cloud Console, which makes the API much simpler and easier for developers to use.??
How Alexa scales machine learning models to millions of customers.
Is Alexa reading minds a good idea? No. No it is not. Watch the Superbowl commercial now.
Cecilia.ai is the world’s first interactive robotic bartender. Powered by conversational AI and voice recognition abilities, Cecilia is not your typical bartender. She makes deliciously crafted cocktails, chats with customers and even tells jokes.
Boost.ai?hosted a webinar together with?Zendesk to showcase how Boost.ai’s next-generation AI has helped Zendesk customers develop and deploy artificially intelligent virtual agents through the availability of integrations with multiple Zendesk solutions.
The key benefit of conversational commerce is in making the business more approachable and convenient for the customers. Consumers are increasingly looking at on-the-go and on-demand convenience. Most of these conversations are now driven by technology.
Even state-of-the-art chatbots struggle to have a human-like conversation without tripping up, clearly. But as these systems improve, questions are arising about what the experience should ultimately look like.
LifeOmic, a software company that leverages the cloud, machine learning and mobile devices to power precision health and wellness solutions announced it has acquired Bavard, a Utah-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) company offering intelligent digital assistants and platforms.
The next person you speak with may not be a person at all. Welcome to the uncanny valley of conversational AI.
Pegasystems today announced Pega Voice AI and Messaging AI, two new solutions that analyze live customer service conversations in real-time to help agents quickly resolve service requests with reduced manual effort.
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Sony will begin rolling out its second PS5 software beta on Wednesday, bringing changes including party chat updates, new UI settings, and a preview of a voice command feature.
Voice recording and AI has the potential for comprehensive customer profiling, improved data analysis, and more targeted marketing campaigns.
Cavai, has launched conversational video, a groundbreaking format designed to maximise engagement within digital advertising.
SalesKen, a sales conversation AI startup, has raised USD 22 million in a Series B. The funding round was led by M12, a venture fund owned by Microsoft and Sequoia Capital, an existing investor in the company. The company will use the funds to expand into the North American market and enhance and scale its proprietary deep-tech product.
Latest jobs from Bot Jobs
We are looking for a?Conversational AI Specialist, who will guide our clients throughout their entire journey on our platform. We would be the best match if you have experience with?conversational AI?and?scripting languages?in a client-facing role! This is a full-time position based ideally in Spain or Sweden (or remote in Europe), and you will be joining our Customer Success team.?
The AI Trainer turns data into understanding. They identify and prioritize intents for automation. It is the more technical counterpart of the conversation designer. This person works with conversational AI technologies, analytics platforms, and tools that will help improve the understanding of the AI Assistant .?
?You’ll receive training when starting this position. Expect a steep learning curve.
Upcoming events:
Join me as we talk everything audio, with a slant towards recruitment.
Smart speakers, audio branding and 'audifying' your content. We've got loads to talk about and great guests that I cannot wait to learn lots from.
March 1st & 2nd 2022. Online & Hybrid!?Book your tickets here
Closing notes
Hugely busy week across both my recruitment and CAI brains (sometimes overlapping). Most of this week has been prepping for my exciting webinar this week (see above events).
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!).
Martyn, Founder @?bot-jobs.com
Bilingual Senior Conversation UX Designer & Writer | AI Virtual Assistant/ Chatbot/ Voicebot | Prompt Design | French Localization
3 年I always learn something new reading your newsletter, Martyn. Keep it coming!