Own The Conversation - Issue #29 (The LinkedIn Edition)
Martyn Redstone
genAssess - AI Skills Assessments | Conversational AI & Automation Specialist | Founder, Speaker, Educator & Problem Solver in Recruitment and Talent Tech
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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
Articles and news that might interest you.
Botsociety, the first prototyping tool I ever used, will be sunsetted on April 10th. If you’re looking for alternatives, then take a look at?OpenDialog?or?Voiceflow?for two good choices of conversation design and prototyping tools.
A man who was struggling to support his depressed wife says his AI girlfriend has given him the love he needed to keep their family together.
Nearly all marketing professionals confirm that chatbots have improved the overall customer journey for consumers and companies alike.
As voice shopping becomes more ubiquitous and brands learn to better engage new users, consumer interest has the potential to grow.
The utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in psychiatry has risen over the past several years to meet the growing need for improved access to mental health solutions. Additionally, shortages of mental health providers during the COVID-19 pandemic have continued to exacerbate the burden of mental illness worldwide.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) continues to be a significant public health problem, with ~1.2 million Americans living with HIV and ~14% unaware of their infection. Conversational agents, with potential for integrating artificial intelligence and natural language processing, may offer an opportunity to improve outreach to these high-risk populations.
Conversational BI (business intelligence) uses various technologies, such as voice assistants or chatbots, that users can interact with (talk to or chat with) to obtain interactive and focused visualizations and business intelligence capabilities.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser's New A.I. Droid Could Change the Future of Disney Guest Experiences
There are a lot of characters onboard the Halcyon for guests to interact with, each helping to pull an individual’s journey in a different direction. The character that guests get the most time with, however, is a droid named D3-O9. D3 is an artificially intelligent character that is accessible in every single guest cabin.
Will AI eliminate salespeople? Will it be the new salesperson? (editor: I hope not!)
领英推荐
Apollo’s versatility allows developers to make use of vision, conversational, and audio AI
Featured Jobs from Bot Jobs
See more jobs at?Bot Jobs.
You will be mainly responsible of transforming natural language data into?training models using NLP?techniques.?You would need to be able to?provide stats?on training model performance?and suggest?ways of improving.?To succeed in this?role, you should possess outstanding skills in statistical?analysis, machine learning methods and text representation techniques.
We’re looking for a Conversation Design specialist who is a true digital native, passionate on the way we communicate and connect together. A talented wordsmith with a strong understanding of user experience, the ability to understand and capture the business needs of each customer and the flair to design exception conversational flows that meet our clients’ business objectives.
Affiniti AI is a UK-based, fast-growing, deep tech spin-out of UCL’s Computer Science department that builds digital personas. We’re focused on replicating and scaling the benefits of interpersonal relationships in digital environments. You’ll be working on projects like building a digital persona to guide people through personalised health and wellbeing journeys or help people choose the right financial or retail products.
INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS
Ankur Agrawal is Senior Vice President- Conversational Messaging for Sinch in India. He has over two decades of rich experience in business strategy, sales, business development, product planning, and growth in the internet space.
Corporate health and wellness have gained enormous significance since the pandemic. It’s not just about providing basic wellness plans to the employees, but employers are now seeking a more holistic healthcare solution for them and their family members
EVENTS & IRL MEETUPS
Online Networking Events About Conversational AI & Chatbots! Walk around in the virtual conference room and meet inspiring people!
Join us in the Metaverse and network with the top industry experts from companies like Google, Amazon, Walmart.
Presented by Women In Voice ANZ and Australian Chatbot Meetup: Join them to talk to an exciting line-up of global experts! Learn more about the industry and the different roles involved. Our focus will be on how to successfully start and grow in this space.
Closing notes
I’m still in the UK, folks. Where it looks like spring is trying to burst through the grey clouds. Next weekend, I’ll be travelling to Budapest, Hungary for a bit of a social trip. Any tips?
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
Head of Digital CX & AI | Product Manager | Customer Self-Service | Conversational AI Evangelist
3 年Thank you for mentioning our upcoming event and great news update like always.
CEO at Trinity Audio | Voice & Audio Enthusiast | Speaker | Official Member of Forbes Business Council | Contributor for Entrepreneur.com
3 年Kudos for the effort, man - a lot of good content here. ??