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Amazon has disabled some Alexa privacy features amid a push to introduce AI capabilities and make more money.
Marketers will soon be able to use AI-assisted vocal analysis to gain insights into shoppers’ inclinations – without people knowing what they’re revealing or how that information is being interpreted.
The people who are excellent at recognising faces might also excel at recognising voices.
Smart speakers can listen out for more than just your voice commands at home. They can hear what’s going on around you and react, security systems can even listen out for gunshots.
Google’s latest AI promises to help arrange your life by making appointment for you over the phone, but it’s limited by its rote learning of the simple tasks of everyday life.
A new study analysing the outcomes of couple’s therapy shows computers are getting ever closer to determining what we are really think and feel.
Would you be able to recognise the voice of your first primary school teacher, if you heard them again today?
‘Intelligent’ voice interfaces like Alexa and Siri are much hyped, but they have limitations, not all of which can be solved with better technology.
Amazon’s voice-controlled personal assistant device is coming to the UK and bringing smart homes with it.
Saying they are is to dangerously misunderstand the limits of scientific enquiry.
As more companies move towards intelligent, natural voice controlled devices, is the writing on the wall for the keyboard and mouse?
Imagine a world in which helper robots live with us, get us through the day and become our trusted friend. Well, science fiction is becoming science fact.
Plans to introduce voice and facial recognition technology for online shopping and banking point to a password-free future.
When facial recognition isn’t possible, it’s time to bring in the voice recognition experts.
Voice recognition technology is getting better at understanding what we are saying, even if we only say part of what we mean. So how does it work?
Be careful what you say in front of your new television, following reports that Samsung’s new Smart TVs are now being programmed to listen to every word you say and send it over the internet to a third…
With the recent acquisition by Facebook of voice-recognition company Wit.ai, all four major players in the post-PC market (Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook) now have a significant infrastructure for…
Pretty much all of us work with computers these days. The problem with computers is that while they can complete complex calculations and recall distant details, they’re terrible at sensing how you’re…
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