digital assistants

Google Assistant Previews Upcoming Voice AI Feature
Google Assistant Previews Upcoming Voice AI Feature
January 07, 2020  |  Innovation

Google Assistant is aiming to help users in even more ways thanks to new features the company debuted at CES 2020 throughout this past week....

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Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance 
Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance 
November 11, 2019  |  Voice Activation

On their shared home territory of the U.S. market, Amazon and Google have spent the last two years avidly racing for control of the emerging...

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Mastercard Brings AI Voice Assistants To QSRs
Mastercard Brings AI Voice Assistants To QSRs
May 16, 2019  |  Mastercard

Mastercard announced Thursday (May 16) it inked a partnership with ZIVELO, a self-service kiosk technology company, to enhance the drive-in ordering experience for quick service...

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Alexa Can Now Listen For Intruders
Alexa Can Now Listen For Intruders
May 14, 2019  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon rolled out Alexa Guard in the U.S. on Tuesday (May 14), enabling Echo speakers to listen for intruders and other dangers and alert users...

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CES Gives View Of Growing Connected Car Ecosystem
CES Gives View Of Growing Connected Car Ecosystem
January 14, 2019  |  Ecosystems

CES is over, but it left a clearer impression of what’s coming down the road for the connected vehicle ecosystem, an emerging world that will...

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Cognitive/AI Biz Spending To See Strong Growth
Cognitive/AI Biz Spending To See Strong Growth
September 19, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

Spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems is expected to see continued strong growth as businesses invest in projects in those areas. According to...

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Today In Data: The Rewarding, But Risky, World Of Increasing Automation
Today In Data: The Rewarding, But Risky, World Of Increasing Automation
August 30, 2018  |  Today In Data

Time-consuming, manual and paperwork-heavy processes are increasingly out of fashion for digital connected consumers, and out of fit with their lifestyles. Consumers don’t want to...

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Customer Self-Service Software Market Expected To Reach $13B By 2023
Customer Self-Service Software Market Expected To Reach $13B By 2023
August 21, 2018  |  Retail

A new report revealed that the customer self-service (CSS) software market was valued at more than $5 billion last year, and is expected to grow...

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Amazon, Microsoft Announce Public Preview Of Alexa, Cortana Integration
Amazon, Microsoft Announce Public Preview Of Alexa, Cortana Integration
August 15, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon and Microsoft on Wednesday (Aug. 15) announced a public preview of their plans to integrate Alexa with Microsoft Cortana, a plan announced last summer. In...

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