Voice AI

Google Brings Gemini Live to Apple CarPlay
Google Brings Gemini Live to Apple CarPlay
November 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google is bringing its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to Apple CarPlay, extending the company’s conversational AI experience to Apple’s in-car platform and giving iPhone...

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Grok Bot Calls Customer Service, but Humans Remain on the Hook
Grok Bot Calls Customer Service, but Humans Remain on the Hook
November 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Businesses have artificial intelligence (AI)-powered agents on their customer service lines, and customers now have an agent to make the call for them. Disputing a...

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As AI Listens in on Doctor Visits, States Are Writing the Rules
As AI Listens in on Doctor Visits, States Are Writing the Rules
November 04, 2026  |  Healthcare

Ambient artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare starts with a microphone in the exam room. An AI scribe records the conversation between a doctor and a...

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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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