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SoundHound AI and ChowNow Team on Responsive Restaurant Call Answering
August 30, 2023

SoundHound AI, Inc., a leader in voice artificial intelligence, has joined forces with ChowNow, an online ordering and marketing platform for independent restaurants. This strategic partnership, announced Tuesday (Aug. 29), aims to revolutionize how restaurants handle inbound customer calls by introducing SoundHound’s Smart Answering service. With the integration...

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Businesses Need to Chart Own Policy Path Around Using AI
August 29, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the game so fast that companies and governments alike are trying to play catch-up. That is because the innovation is one of the first technologies that can violate nearly all of an organization’s internal corporate policies in one fell...

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EU’s AI Act Raises Questions Around Who Will Watch the Watchers
August 29, 2023

Lawmakers around the globe are organizing their efforts to tackle artificial intelligence (AI) more aggressively. Both Beijing and Brussels have struck first, although the European Union’s (EU) AI Act has been passed as a first draft. “The AI Act presents a very horizontal regulation, one...

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Report: Sen. Chuck Schumer to Host Meeting of Tech Leaders on AI
August 28, 2023

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will reportedly host a meeting of a number of tech leaders next month to discuss artificial intelligence (AI). The meeting will include Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, X owner...

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Report: Uber Chatbot to Prompt Customers for Budget and Food Preferences
August 28, 2023

Uber Technologies is reportedly testing an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for its food delivery service, Uber Eats. The feature has not been officially announced, but details of the AI chatbot were discovered within the code of the Eats app, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Aug. 28). Uber did not...

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Yahoo Mail Adds Shopping Feature and Other New AI Tools
August 28, 2023

Yahoo Mail’s artificial intelligence (AI) beta experience now includes a shopping feature and other new AI tools. These AI enhancements are part of Yahoo’s ongoing efforts to save users time and money, the company said in a Monday (Aug. 28) press release. The Shopping Saver tool is a standout...

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OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Tool With Enterprise-Grade Security and Privacy
August 28, 2023

OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Enterprise, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool with a focus on enterprise-grade security and privacy. ChatGPT Enterprise also has a range of enhanced features that aim to elevate productivity and creativity in the workplace, the company said in a Monday (Aug. 28) blog post. Since...

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Robot Waiters Delight Korea’s Restaurants but Not Its Robotics Firms
August 27, 2023

Robot waiters from China have become popular with Korean restaurateurs dealing with a labor shortage. Less enthused about the autonomous servers, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Aug. 27) are South Korea’s local robotics companies.  According to the report, restaurant owners are struggling to find staff...

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Stellar Launches to Help Businesses Deploy AI
August 25, 2023

Indianapolis-based company Stellar has officially launched its mission to help businesses gain a competitive edge by integrating generative artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs) and machine learning (ML) into all aspects of their operations. Stellar said it aims to reshape data landscapes and drive...