This Week In Voice

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This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 3) Oct 16, 2021

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This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 3) Featuring guests Kerry Brix (conversational AI consultant), Todd Mozer (CEO, Sensory), and Alistair van Moere (Chief Product Officer, MetaMetrics) Stories for discussion: 1) Microsoft and NVIDIA unveil enormous language model with 530 billion parameters (Voicebot.ai) 2) Wendy's to use Google's AI to stop burgers from burning (ScreenRant) 3) Bowers & Wilkins "Zeppelin" gets rebooted as a $799 smart speaker (Digital Trends) 4) Where Have All The Alexas Gone? (Bustle) Project Voice X takes place October 25-27 in Destin / Fort Walton Beach, Florida - presented by Amazon and Microsoft. Registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-voice-x-tickets-150144334747 Project Voice X Worldwide takes place October 29 virtually and registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-voice-x-worldwide-tickets-188784508547

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 2) Oct 08, 2021

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This Week In Voice - Season 6, Episode 2 Featuring guests Ken Sutton (CEO, Yobe) and Brandon Kaplan (CEO, Skilled Creative) Featured stories for discussion: 1) Hey Siri, what happened? (The Verge) 2) Amazon give Alexa more patience (Ars Technica) 3) Conversational AI market to reach $32B globally by 2030 (Yahoo) 4) AI is still awesome, 20 years later (Cult of Whatever) ------- Project Voice X takes place October 25-27 in Destin / Fort Walton Beach, Florida. For more information, visit www.ProjectVoice.ai.

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 1) Oct 01, 2021

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This Week In Voice returns for Season 6! The season premiere is an interview with Cerence CEO Sanjay Dhawan, covering voice's evolved role in the car, how the company views the return to work and future of work, Cerence's positioning relative to big tech, and what's next for the company.

This Week In Voice - Season 5 Episode 5 Nov 20, 2020

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This Week In Voice takes a break from the usual news of the week in voice technology and conversational AI to speak with Dr. Teri Fisher, creator of Alexa in Canada and Voice First Health podcasts, numerous voice training materials, and The Voice Den, a pandemic-era social experience for the voice community. Teri is celebrating 1,000 flash briefings produced and published - a remarkable achievement. This interview spans all of those topics and more. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network, which itself is part of the Project Voice Media Group.

This Week In Voice - Season 5 Episode 4 Nov 06, 2020

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This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 4, features Simon Lau (Otter.ai) and Nick Livingston (HoneIt). Stories for discussion include: 1) Voice Assistants and the Election 1a) Voicebot: How Voice Assistants Are Responding To Election Result Updates 1b) Voicebot: How Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Are Reporting On Election Day 2) Press Gazette (UK): Smart Audio: What Publishers Need To Know About The Latest Tech Revolution 3) MIT Technology Review: AI Pioneer Geoff Hinton: Deep Learning Is Going To Be Able To Do Everything (this is paywalled behind a limited number of free articles, let me know if you can't access) 4) Tech Xplore: Computer Scientist...Develops AI To Explain Its Discoveries This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 5 Episode 3 Oct 30, 2020

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This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 3, features special guests Patricia Scanlon (Soapbox Labs), Julia Liberty (AI Data Innovations), and Dr. Phillip Alvelda (Brainworks). Stories for discussion include: 1) MacRumors: Apple Acquires AI Startup Vilynx To Improve Siri 2) TechCrunch: Apple Search Crawler Activity Could Signal A Google Competitor 3) Adobe: Voice Technology's Role In Our Rapidly Changing World 4) Voicebot: Voice-Activated Museum "Planet Word" Opens In DC This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 5 Episode 2 Oct 23, 2020

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This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 2, features special guests Caitlin Gutekunst (Creativity, Inc.), Lisa Michaud (Interactions), and Kat Zdan (Google). Stories for discussion include: 1) Voicebot: Alexa Now Offers Personalized Reading Recommendations 2) Android Police: A Secret, Unreleased Option Lets Users Invoke Assistant On Smart Displays Without Saying "Hey Google" 3) MIT Technology Review: The True Dangers Of AI Are Closer Than We Think 4) Behold, The Smart Cactus! This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network. Follow along with This Week In Voice VIP, the daily letter to the voice tech and AI communities around the world. Available through our friends at Substack here: https://thisweekinvoice.substack.com/

This Week In Voice - Season 5 Premiere Oct 16, 2020

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Hosted by Bradley Metrock and featuring guests Daniela Braga (CEO, DefinedCrowd), Nils Lenke (VP Apps, Cerence) and Derek Roberti (VP Technology, North America, Cognigy), This Week In Voice kicks off Season 5 with stories checking in on Google, Amazon, and Apple's voice/AI ecosystems. Additionally, a story about protecting children from AI is part of the show, and the first episode of Season 5 wraps with each of the guests discussing what they and their companies are most looking forward to as we approach 2021. A summary of the episode, along with a variety of quotes, were published as part of This Week In Voice VIP, the daily letter to the voice and AI tech communities. Check out the newsletter here: https://thisweekinvoice.substack.com/ This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Special Healthcare Series (Episode 5 of 5) Aug 01, 2020

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The fifth of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and the hidden data within human speech. Caitlyn Brooksby (Canary Speech), Aaron Bours (Hyro.ai), Kenn Harper (Nuance), Scott Sandland (Cyrano.ai), and Mike Page (Phebi.ai) round out a powerhouse panel.

This Week In Voice - Special Healthcare Series (Episode 4 of 5) Aug 01, 2020

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The fourth of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and health insurance. Audrey Arbeeny (Audiobrain), Bhagvan Kommadi (ValueMomentum), Maaike Coppens (Promptful), Matt Cybulsky (IONIA), and Mika Eddy (UnitedHealth Group) round out a powerhouse panel.

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