Voice AI

Block’s Voice AI Wins Praise and Triggers Scam Concerns

Block’s Voice AI Wins Praise and Triggers Scam Concerns
Block’s Voice AI Wins Praise and Triggers Scam Concerns
October 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Payments company Block has introduced an artificial intelligence model trained solely using human conversation. Dessa, as the model is known, learned to hold real-time conversations...

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Otter Secures $320 Million to Turn AI Notetaker Into Enterprise Knowledge Engine
Otter Secures $320 Million to Turn AI Notetaker Into Enterprise Knowledge Engine
October 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Otter.ai secured $320 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF) to accelerate the growth of its artificial intelligence notetaker and conversational...

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L’Oréal Cuts Customer Service Time 64% With AI
L’Oréal Cuts Customer Service Time 64% With AI
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A L’Oréal adviser who needed to issue a customer a discount code once clicked through about 15 screens over 10 minutes. Now the adviser types...

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Liberate’s AI Agents Take Over the Insurance Night Shift
Liberate’s AI Agents Take Over the Insurance Night Shift
October 02, 2026  |  Insurance

A policyholder calls her insurance agency to ask what she owes. An artificial intelligence (AI) agent answers, pulls the balance and logs the call in...

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Cars24 Turns Test Drive Chatter Into a 35% Sales Lift
Cars24 Turns Test Drive Chatter Into a 35% Sales Lift
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A test drive at Cars24 lasts about an hour. Buyers raise loan worries, point out problems with the car and ask questions the salesperson may...

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Microsoft Targets Contact Center Market With Real-Time AI Voice Models
Microsoft Targets Contact Center Market With Real-Time AI Voice Models
October 01, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft has launched three new artificial intelligence models that can be used to power customer service agents, multilingual assistants, interactive learning experiences and live captions...

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OpenAI’s Muse Rival Arrives Half-Baked
OpenAI’s Muse Rival Arrives Half-Baked
September 30, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence agents are showing up everywhere. Meta released its Muse personal AI agent on Sept. 8, and it reached the top of Apple’s free...

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McDonald’s Puts AI in Charge of the Drive-Thru
McDonald’s Puts AI in Charge of the Drive-Thru
September 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

McDonald’s will deploy ArchIQ, an artificial intelligence-powered restaurant operating system, across its network, with U.S. rollout starting in 2027. Its drive-thru voice agent, Archy, takes...

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