This Week In Voice

This Week In Voice, the conversational AI news discussion roundtable, is proud to return for its ninth season. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners), the show talks through the news of the week related to natural language-based AI with a who's-who of executives and leaders working with the technology. Guests: Katie Kuzin (Kensho), Irakli Beselidze (Calen AI), Nikolai Rozanov (Wluper) Stories for discussion: 1) Google announces new Bard features as traffic continues to lag ChatGPT (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-announces-new-bard-features-traffic-continues-lag-chatgpt-2023-09-19/ 2) The summer is over, schools are back, and the data is in: ChatGPT is mainly a tool for cheating on homework (Business Insider) https://www.businessinsider.com/school-is-back-chatgpt-mainly-tool-cheating-homework-2023-9 3) Amazon gives Alexa a generative AI makeover (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2023/09/20/amazon-gives-alexa-a-generative-ai-makeover/ ---------------- Project Voice's annual conference is invitation-only in 2024 (April 22-23, Chattanooga TN), bringing together 200 conversational AI buyers (defined as decision-makers within Fortune 1000 companies investing $1M or more, over the next 12 months, into conversational AI solutions for their enterprise) all in the same room. A handful of best-in-class service providers, VCs/investors, and qualified US-based tech media will also be invited to attend. ----------------- For information on Project Voice Capital Partners, the VC fund identifying and investing in early-stage top-tier founders and companies working with conversational AI across all industries and sectors, visit www.pvcp.vc.

This Week In Voice, the conversational AI news discussion roundtable, is proud to return for its ninth season. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners), the show talks through the news of the week related to natural language-based AI with a who's-who of executives and leaders working with the technology. Guests: Ricardo Marin (Vozy), Nieves Abalos Serrano (Monoceros Labs), Reena Gupta (Mom Relaunch / Wisdocity) Stories for discussion: 1) A boy saw 17 doctors over 3 years for chronic pain. ChatGPT found the diagnosis (TODAY Show) https://www.today.com/health/mom-chatgpt-diagnosis-pain-rcna101843 2) Druid, a conversational AI platform that integrates with ChatGPT, raises $30M (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/12/druid-a-conversational-ai-platform-for-enterprises-that-integrates-with-chatgpt-raises-24m/ 3) WWDC 2024: Is Apple on the road to Siri 2.0? (Computer World) https://www.computerworld.com/article/3706472/wwdc-2024-is-apple-on-the-road-to-siri-20.html ---------------- Project Voice's annual conference is invitation-only in 2024 (April 22-23, Chattanooga TN), bringing together 200 conversational AI buyers (defined as decision-makers within Fortune 1000 companies investing $1M or more, over the next 12 months, into conversational AI solutions for their enterprise) all in the same room. A handful of best-in-class service providers, VCs/investors, and qualified US-based tech media will also be invited to attend. ----------------- For information on Project Voice Capital Partners, the VC fund identifying and investing in early-stage top-tier founders and companies working with conversational AI across all industries and sectors, visit www.pvcp.vc.

This Week In Voice, the conversational AI news discussion roundtable, is proud to return for its ninth season. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners), the show talks through the news of the week related to natural language-based AI with a who's-who of executives and leaders working with the technology. Guests: Enric Plana (CEO, M47 Labs), Norrie Daroga (President, Codebaby), Christoph Esslinger (CEO, VUI Agency), Dr. Yared Alemu (CEO, TQIntelligence) -------------- Stories for discussion: 1) OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Enterprise, The Company's Biggest Announcement Since ChatGPT's Debut (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/28/openai-chatgpt-enterprise-launches.html 1a) How One Elite University Is Approaching ChatGPT This School Year (MIT Technology Review) https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/04/1078932/elite-university-chatgpt-this-school-year/ 2a) Trump Accused Of Using AI Or An Impersonator For Interview (NY Post) https://nypost.com/2023/09/01/trump-accused-of-using-ai-or-an-impersonator-on-real-americas-voice/ 2b) AI Trump Voice Used In DeSantis Campaign Ad (WESH ABC 2) https://www.wesh.com/article/ai-trump-voice-campaign-ad/44579105 3) Dad Shocked As Five-Year-Old Son Uses Amazon Alexa To Order A Hot Tub And $1,000 In Toys (LAD Bible) https://www.ladbible.com/community/5-year-old-alexa-amazon-order-toys-hot-tub-686523-20230904 ---------------- Project Voice's annual conference is invitation-only in 2024 (April 22-23, Chattanooga TN), bringing together 200 conversational AI buyers (defined as decision-makers within Fortune 1000 companies investing $1M or more, over the next 12 months, into conversational AI solutions for their enterprise) all in the same room. A handful of best-in-class service providers, VCs/investors, and qualified US-based tech media will also be invited to attend. ----------------- For information on Project Voice Capital Partners, the VC fund identifying and investing in early-stage top-tier founders and companies working with conversational AI across all industries and sectors, visit www.pvcp.vc.

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 10 Guests: Chris Pidcock (CereProc), Rob Carpenter (Valyant AI), Rob Lubow (Botcopy), Jesse Shemen (Papercup) Stories for discussion: 1) ChatGPT bug leaked users' conversation histories (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65047304 2) The Genie Escapes: Stanford Copies The ChatGPT AI For Less Than $600 (New Atlas) https://newatlas.com/technology/stanford-alpaca-cheap-gpt/ 3) Move Over DALL-E, I'm Making AI Art With Alexa On My Amazon TV (TechRadar) https://www.techradar.com/news/move-over-dall-e-im-making-ai-art-with-alexa-on-my-amazon-tv

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 9 Guests: Rana Gujral (Behavioral Signals), Amy Brown (Authenticx), Amir Tsrouya (TalkSense), Lauren Koretzki (Wysa) Stories for discussion: 1a) What's New With GPT-4: From Processing Pictures To Acing Tests (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23640047/openai-gpt-4-differences-capabilties-functions 1b) Anthropic Unveils Generative AI Chatbot Claude (Voicebot.AI) https://voicebot.ai/2023/03/14/anthropic-unveils-generative-ai-chatbot-claude/ 2) How Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Lost The AI Race (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/technology/siri-alexa-google-assistant-artificial-intelligence.html 3) Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms 2023 (CX Today) https://www.cxtoday.com/speech-analytics/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-conversational-ai-platforms-2023/

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 8 Guests: Greg Bennett (Salesforce), Daniel Lackland (Ai4) + Ai4 guest (Chris Morrow of Amazon); Marty Sarim (Sanas.ai), Jayaprakash Kommu (SmartBots) Stories for discussion: 1) Chaos Inside Google As Execs Try To Figure Out How To Actually use AI (Futurism) https://futurism.com/chaos-google-execs-use-for-ai 2) Amazon: Alexa Troubles But Deeply Undervalued Intrinsically (Seeking Alpha) https://seekingalpha.com/article/4585671-amazon-amzn-alexa-troubles-but-undervalued-intrinsically 3) A New M*A*S*H Scene: Written By ChatGPT, Read By Hawkeye and BJ (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/arts/television/mash-chatgpt-alan-alda.html --------- In the wake of ChatGPT's arrival, Project Voice 2023 convenes the world of conversational AI and will shatter previous attendance records. Registration and program information can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-voice-2023-the-world-of-conversational-ai-tickets-328421215697

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 7 Guests: Neji Tawo (PayTalk), Seth Levine (Loris.ai), Brian Rubin (Cerence), Dan Turchin (PeopleReign) Stories for discussion: 1) ChatGpt and Whisper APIs debut, allowing devs to integrate them into apps (Ars Technica) https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/chatgpt-and-whisper-apis-debut-allowing-devs-to-integrate-them-into-apps/ 2) Meta introduces large language model LLaMA as a competitor to OpenAI (Voicebot.AI) https://voicebot.ai/2023/02/27/meta-introduces-large-language-model-llama-as-a-competitor-for-openai/ 3) I had an AI chatbot write my eulogy. It was very weird. (Vice) https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axjj9/ai-chatbot-wrote-my-eulogy-chatgpt-death

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 6 Guests: Christoph Borner (Cyara), Hans van Dam (Conversation Design Institute), Liyani Rodriguez (Raddle), Matt Miller (G2) Stories for discussion: 1) ChatGPT -style Search Represents A 10x Cost Increase For Google, Microsoft (Ars Technica) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/chatgpt-style-search-represents-a-10x-cost-increase-for-google-microsoft/ 2) Amazon's Kindle Store Has Been Flooded With Books Written By ChatGPT (Pocket Lint) https://www.pocket-lint.com/amazons-kindle-store-has-been-flooded-with-books-written-by-chatgpt/ 3) Soapbox Labs Will Bring Voice AI To Scholastic Reading Education Programs (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2023/02/22/soapbox-labs-will-bring-voice-ai-to-scholastic-reading-education-programs/

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 5 Guests: Ivan Lee (CEO, Datasaur), Raniero Romagnoli (CTO, Almawave), Heath Ahrens (Founder, Voice.ai), Mitch Lieberman (Founder, Conversational X) Stories for discussion: 1a) Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Bing is getting 'unhinged' and argumentative, some users say: it 'feels sad and scared' (Fortune) https://fortune.com/2023/02/14/microsoft-chatgpt-bing-unhinged-scared/ 1b) ChatGPT AI accused of liberal bias after refusing to write Hunter Biden New York Post coverage (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/chatgpt-ai-accused-liberal-bias-refusing-write-hunter-biden-new-york-post-coverage 2) Amazon Alexa Fund Invests In Synthetic Media Startup Superplastic (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2023/02/15/amazon-alexa-fund-invests-20m-in-synthetic-media-startup-superplastic/ 3) Hey Siri, Is Apple Letting Another AI Opportunity Pass By? (Macworld) https://www.macworld.com/article/1507282/generative-ai-chatgpt-midjourney-bard-bing-siri.html ---------------- Project Voice 2023: The World of Conversational AI April 24-26, Chattanooga TN The main event for conversational AI in the United States returns, discussing best practices across chat, text, and voice, across a wide variety of industries and verticals. Registration & program information are here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-voice-2023-the-world-of-conversational-ai-tickets-328421215697

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 4 Guests: Andrew Hong (CEO, Dashbot), Raghu Ravintala (CEO, Yellow.ai), Sam Danby (Head of Voice, Boost.ai), Richard Graves (CEO, Sorcero) Stories for discussion: 1a) Alphabet shares dive after Google AI chatbot Bard flubs answer in ad (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-ai-chatbot-bard-offers-inaccurate-information-company-ad-2023-02-08/ 1b) Google is scrambling to catch up to Bing, of all things (Vox) https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/2/7/23590069/bing-openai-microsoft-google-bard 2) 30% Of Users Abandon A Brand After A Bad Chatbot Experience (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2023/02/08/30-of-customers-abandon-a-brand-after-a-bad-chatbot-experience-survey/ 3) Chiefs Fans Won't Like Amazon Alexa's Super Bowl Prediction (WSYR FOX 4) https://fox4kc.com/sports/chiefs/chiefs-fans-wont-like-amazon-alexas-super-bowl-prediction/

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 3 Guests: Maaike Coppens (VP of Design, OpenDialog AI), Amit Ben (CEO, One AI), Greg Whiteside (CEO, HumanFirst), Jay Ruparel (CEO, VoicePlug AI), Mark Hasegawa-Johnson (Speech Accessibility Project, UIUC) Stories for discussion: 1) Google Shows Off New Text-To-Music AI Composer MusicLM (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2023/01/30/google-shows-off-new-text-to-music-ai-composer-musiclm/ 2) Some Insist That Generative AI ChatGPT Is A Mirror Into The Soul Of Humanity, Vexing AI Ethics and AI Law (Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2023/01/29/some-insist-that-generative-ai-chatgpt-is-a-mirror-into-the-soul-of-humanity-vexing-ai-ethics-and-ai-law/ 3) Come See What The "Hey Disney!" Amazon Alexa Device Can Do (AllEars.net) https://allears.net/2023/01/31/come-see-what-the-hey-disney-amazon-alexa-device-can-do/

Guests: Shyamala Prayaga (Senior Software Product Manager, Conversational AI, NVIDIA), Victor Riparbelli (CEO, Synthesia), Molly Duggan (CEO, Molly Duggan Associates), Freddie Feldman (Director, Voice and Conversational Interfaces, Wolters Kluwer Health) Stories for discussion: 1) SoundHound Raises $25M Weeks After Major Layoffs (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2023/01/24/soundhound-raises-25m-weeks-after-major-layoffs/ 2) OpenAI Reportedly Tests ChatGPT Pro. Here's What We Know About The Paid Version (Mashable) https://mashable.com/article/ai-chatgpt-pro-openai 3) Interview With Alexa Fund's Paul Bernard (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/24/alexa-funds-paul-bernard-talks-openai-whats-catching-his-eye-and-remaining-relevant-as-amazon-restructures/

This Week In Voice Season 8, Episode 1 Guests: Peter Suma (ABR), Joti Balani (Freshriver.ai), Jason Banks (nVoq) Stories for discussion: 1) OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers On Less Than $2/Hour To Make ChatGPT Less Toxic (TIME) https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/ 2) Collection Of Voice Data For Profit Raises Privacy Fears (ABC News) https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/collection-voice-data-profit-raises-privacy-fears/story?id=96363792 3) Artists File Class Action Lawsuit Against Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt Over Generative AI Art (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2023/01/16/artists-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-stability-ai-midjourney-deviantart-over-generative-ai-art/ 4) People Are Testing [ChatGPT] And Sharing Their Hilarious Results On Twitter (Uproxx) https://uproxx.com/culture/ten-funny-answers-people-got-from-chat-gpt-ai-and-shared-on-twitter/

This Week In Voice Season 7, Episode 10 Guests: Noelle Silver (IBM), Mike Pappas (Modulate.ai), Alex Bordanova (Voicemod), Alya Yacoubi (Zaion) Stories: 1a) The Latest Details On The Amazon Layoffs And The Impact On Alexa (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2022/11/15/the-latest-details-on-the-amazon-layoffs-and-the-impact-on-alexa/ 1b) Alexa, Cut Costs! Amazon Begins Layoffs At Devices, Services Units (NY Post) https://nypost.com/2022/11/16/amazon-cutting-jobs-at-devices-services-units/ 2) Digital Banking Didn't Kill Bank Branches - But Chatbots Will (Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronshevlin/2022/11/14/digital-banking-didnt-kill-bank-branches-but-chatbots-will/?sh=7bcbf602c7f3 3) Why Salesforce Is Betting On Generative AI For Conversational Workflows (VentureBeat) https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-salesforce-is-betting-on-generative-ai-for-conversational-workflows/ 4) Say Hello To Abena, A Local Voice Assistant By A Ghanaian Aiming To Rival Siri, Others (Face 2 Face Africa) https://face2faceafrica.com/article/say-hello-to-abena-a-local-voice-assistant-by-a-ghanaian-aiming-to-rival-siri-others

This Week In Voice Season 7, Episode 9 Guests: Charles Cadbury (CEO, Say It Now), Colleen Fahey (US Managing Director, Sixieme Son), Gonen Ziv (Chief Revenue Officer, Onvego) Stories: 1) TV AI Startup Disruptel Acquired By Samba TV (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2022/11/08/tv-ai-startup-disruptel-acquired-by-samba-tv/ 2) Elon Musk Has Fired Twitter's 'Ethical AI' Team (WIRED) https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-ethical-ai-team/ 3) Amazon Alexa Misinforms Tennesseans Of Polling Hours On Election Day (Daily Wire) https://www.dailywire.com/news/amazons-alexa-misinforms-tennesseans-of-polling-hours-on-election-day 4) Devialet's Ultra-Premium Smart Speaker Looks Like A Green Lantern Lamp (Screen Rant) https://screenrant.com/devialet-mania-smart-speaker-alexa-features-price/

This Week In Voice Season 7, Episode 8 Guests: Kiran Kadekoppa (CTO and Co-Founder, HUEX), Susan Hura (Chief Design Officer, Kore.ai), Chetan Damani (CEO, Cashew.ai), Dylan Fox (CEO, AssemblyAI), Evan Macmillan (CEO, Gridspace) Stories: 1) RAIN Debuts 'Ortho' Industrial Voice Assistant For Vehicle Repair (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2022/11/01/rain-debuts-ortho-industrial-voice-assistant-for-vehicle-repair/ 2) Amazon's New Head Of Alexa Shares His Vision For The Future, Including New Shopping And Entertainment Features (Amazon) https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/amazons-new-head-of-alexa-rohit-prasad 3) 'SiriSpy' iOS Bug Allowed Apps To Eavesdrop On Your Siri Conversations Before Fix (9to5Mac) https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/26/siri-eavesdropping-bug-ios-airpods/ 4) How Technology Is Helping Decode Animal Language (The Swaddle) https://theswaddle.com/how-technology-is-helping-decode-animal-language/

This Week In Voice Season 7, Episode 7 Guests: Martin Ramirez (CRO, WellSaid Labs), Nikola Mrksic (CEO, PolyAI), Mark Fosdike (CEO, Datch), Shridhar Marri (CEO, Senseforth) Stories: 1) Voicebot.AI is 6 Years Old - Here Are 6 Ways The Industry Has Changed (Voicebot.AI) - https://voicebot.ai/2022/10/24/voicebot-is-6-years-old-here-are-6-ways-the-industry-has-changed/ 2) Shutterstock to integrate OpenAI's DALL-E 2 and launch fund for contributor artists (TechCrunch) - https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/25/shutterstock-openai-dall-e-2/ 3) Machines can craft essays. How should writing be taught now? (Inside Higher Ed) - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/10/26/machines-can-craft-essays-how-should-writing-be-taught-now 4) Alexa predicts Philadelphia Phillies to win the World Series (WPVL) - https://6abc.com/philadelphia-phillies-world-series-houston-astros-alexa-prediction/12378560/

Bradley Metrock discusses the Women Leaders of Conversational AI, Class of 2023, how they will be honored at Project Voice 2023 (April 24-28, Chattanooga TN) and shares something noteworthy about each individual. (Part 2 of 2)

Bradley Metrock discusses the Women Leaders of Conversational AI, Class of 2023, how they will be honored at Project Voice 2023 (April 24-28, Chattanooga TN) and shares something noteworthy about each individual.

This Week In Voice Season 7, Episode 5 Guests: Kat Giudes (Managing Director, TalkVia) Benjamin Brown (VP Marketing, ConverseNow) Brett Adler (Co-Founder, VoicePT) Stories: 1) Bank of America's Erica tops 1 billion client interactions (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/article/bofaml-technology-erica-idTRNIKBN2R71EI 2) Is It My Turn Yet? Teaching A Voice Assistant When To Speak (Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence) https://hai.stanford.edu/news/it-my-turn-yet-teaching-voice-assistant-when-speak 3) Google Permanently Parks Assistant Driving Mode (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2022/10/11/google-permanently-parks-assistant-driving-mode/ 4) Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast (Ars Technica): https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/fake-joe-rogan-interviews-fake-steve-jobs-in-an-ai-powered-podcast/