voice assistant

Facebook’s M Assistant Says Goodbye
Facebook’s M Assistant Says Goodbye
January 09, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook’s text virtual assistant, Facebook M – which relied on humans to train the artificial intelligence system – will lose the human help component of...

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Alexa Gets Friendly With Developers For Wearables
Alexa Gets Friendly With Developers For Wearables
January 05, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon has rolled out a new Alexa developer kit for on-the-go devices, making it easier for manufacturers to integrate the wildly popular voice assistant into...

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Amazon Boosts Prime Membership During Holiday Runup
Amazon Boosts Prime Membership During Holiday Runup
December 27, 2017  |  Amazon Commerce

Amazon has announced that the 2017 holiday season was its “biggest” ever. According to news from CNBC, Amazon said on Tuesday that customers shopped on...

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Samsung Eyes Early 2018 Launch For Smart Speaker
Samsung Eyes Early 2018 Launch For Smart Speaker
December 15, 2017  |  Mobile

Sources say that Samsung Electronics is planning to launch a smart speaker in the first half of 2018. According to Bloomberg Technology, the device will...

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Voice-Enabled Tool Via Poshmark Connects Buyers And Sellers In Real Time
Voice-Enabled Tool Via Poshmark Connects Buyers And Sellers In Real Time
November 17, 2017  |  Retail

Online marketplace Poshmark — which focuses on the sale and sharing of clothing — has debuted Stylist Match, a voice-enabled offering that the company will use to...

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Google Makes Assistant Easier For Developers To Love
Google Makes Assistant Easier For Developers To Love
November 16, 2017  |  Google

Google has announced an array of new Assistant features for app developers, including new push notifications, daily updates and additional language support. According to the...

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Toyota’s AI Assistant Wants To Be The Consumer’s Car Buddy
Toyota’s AI Assistant Wants To Be The Consumer’s Car Buddy
October 31, 2017  |  Artificial Intelligence

Toyota drivers are about to gain a new best friend in Yui, an onboard virtual assistant that uses artificial intelligence to do everything from talk to...

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Amazon Launches Alexa Freemium Model
Amazon Launches Alexa Freemium Model
October 26, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa’s Jeopardy! skill has been monetized, thanks to a subscription service Amazon rolled out on Wednesday (Oct. 25). That’s according to news...

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Samsung’s Bixby Aimed At Making Inroads In The Virtual Assistant Market
Samsung’s Bixby Aimed At Making Inroads In The Virtual Assistant Market
October 19, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

To take on Siri and Alexa, Samsung Electronics, the South Korean consumer electronics giant, has announced its Bixby 2.0, a reinvention of its digital assistant...

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