This morning Shanghai-based insurtech company CareVoice launched what it claims is the first AI voice-based virtual health assistant for insurers and employers in Greater China. Insurance members can ...

As virtual private assistants like Amazon’s Alexa become smarter, more popular and more useful, why not give it them tools to recognize emotions? That seems to be the thinking behind Israel-based ...

AI company Sesame has released the base model that powers Maya, the impressively realistic voice assistant. The model, which is 1 billion parameters in size (“parameters” referring to individual ...

It's increasingly clear that voice is the next major interface in computing, in some cases replacing the touch-based platforms of the smartphone era. Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple's Siri, ...

Amazon is reportedly set to showcase its new and improved Alexa at a product event February 26. But the more capable voice assistant — which has been teased as “coming soon” for about a year now — ...

LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tech visionaries often cite the 2013 sci-fi movie “Her” as a blueprint for where artificial intelligence is headed. In the film, Joaquin Phoenix’s character ...

OpenAI released updates Monday for Advanced Voice Mode, its AI voice feature that enables real-time conversations in ChatGPT, to make the AI assistant more personable and interrupt users less ...

When the phone rings at a busy mom and pop shop, the employee behind the counter faces a dilemma: help the customer in front of them or the one on the line? For many small and medium-sized businesses ...

Imagine speaking to a virtual assistant that not only understands your words but also grasps the nuances of your tone, intent, and context, all in real time. Building such a sophisticated voice agent ...