Another week's over. Did you keep up with your Twitter feed? Did you catch up on all those blogs? No? Well, we did, so you can relax: here are the key happenings this week in the world of Natural Language Processing that we think are worth knowing about. Feel free to forward this to a friend. |
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Are Your Ears Burning? They should be, because the war for your headphones is hotting up. Following last week’s announcement that Google Assistant would be available on a wide range of Android headsets and phones, it's now Alexa's turn, with the announcement of Qualcomm's Smart Headset Development Kit for Amazon's Voice Service. |
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Making Ads Conversational Google-supported startup AdLingo works with a number of common chatbot platforms to enable chatbot interactions from within display advertising. This isn't a new idea – both Twitter and Facebook have explored related ideas in the past – but it's the first time it's been accessible across the web, making it possible for users to interact with brands without leaving the website they’re visiting. |
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Sit Down for This One This week's quirky use of speech tech: LG and Natuzzi, arguably the world's most well-known furniture brand, have collaborated on a smart sofa that can be controlled via Google Assistant, so you can request any of five custom seating positions. If you're going to be a couch potato, you might as well recline go all the way. |
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