Alexa is going to become a Kinect replacement for Xbox One.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/6/17826718/microsoft-xbox-one-alexa-features-support-voice-control
We saw the news about voice interface in VR games before, but consoles like Xbox are brand new field for voice.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/6/17826718/microsoft-xbox-one-alexa-features-support-voice-control
We saw the news about voice interface in VR games before, but consoles like Xbox are brand new field for voice.
The Verge
Microsoft brings Alexa support to Xbox One for Kinect-like voice controls
Available to testers today
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Just remembered Skyrim promo video for E3.
Maybe it wasn't a joke at all?
Maybe it wasn't a joke at all?
This beautiful map shows everything that powers an Amazon Echo, from data mines to lakes of lithium
https://anatomyof.ai/
https://anatomyof.ai/
Anatomy of an AI System
Anatomy of an AI System - The Amazon Echo as an anatomical map of human labor, data and planetary resources. By Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler (2018)
Google Home Mini became the best-selling smart speaker👑
Google sold 2.3 million Home mini devices in Q2 2018, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. Amazon sold 2.2 Echo dots for the same period of time.
Last year the situation was completely different!
More stats in the article below
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/19/google-home-mini-was-the-best-selling-smart-speaker-in-q2/
Google sold 2.3 million Home mini devices in Q2 2018, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. Amazon sold 2.2 Echo dots for the same period of time.
Last year the situation was completely different!
More stats in the article below
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/19/google-home-mini-was-the-best-selling-smart-speaker-in-q2/
TechCrunch
Google Home Mini was the best-selling smart speaker in Q2
Amazon’s Echo Dot may have been a bestseller on Prime Day, but Google’s Home Mini device is now the top-selling smart speaker worldwide, according to a new report out this morning from Strategy Analytics. The analyst firm says Google’s small speaker accounted…
Yesterday Salesforce announced Einstein Voice. The main goal of this extension is to translate voice to text and log that information into Salesforce. This will save a huge amount of time when you need to manually fill the form.
In addition to the Voice Assistant, Salesforce announced that customers can build their own voice bots on the Einstein Bot Platform. Einstein Voice Bots will be in open pilot in June 2019.
https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-einstein-voice-ai-assistant-2018-9
In addition to the Voice Assistant, Salesforce announced that customers can build their own voice bots on the Einstein Bot Platform. Einstein Voice Bots will be in open pilot in June 2019.
https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-einstein-voice-ai-assistant-2018-9
Business Insider
Salesforce's newest AI product Einstein Voice is like Amazon's Alexa for the workforce
Salesforce's Einstein Voice will work a lot like Siri or Alexa, only the data gathered from conversations won't get shared with the wider network.
Love this news😇😇
Small startup from London made an AI-powered chatbot and raised $10M series A.
The bot named Cleo and his goal is to replace your banking app. Just four months after the launch Cleo claiming more than 600,000 active users in the U.K., U.S. and Canada in total + it is adding 30,000 new signups each week.
Here is the bot: http://m.me/1027621033925129
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/20/cleo-meet-balderton/
Small startup from London made an AI-powered chatbot and raised $10M series A.
The bot named Cleo and his goal is to replace your banking app. Just four months after the launch Cleo claiming more than 600,000 active users in the U.K., U.S. and Canada in total + it is adding 30,000 new signups each week.
Here is the bot: http://m.me/1027621033925129
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/20/cleo-meet-balderton/
TechCrunch
Cleo, the ‘digital assistant’ that replaces your banking apps, picks up $10M Series A led by Balderton
When Cleo, the London-based “digital assistant” that wants to replace your banking apps, quietly entered the U.S., the company couldn’t have expected to be an instant hit. Many better-funded British startups have failed to “break America.” However, just four…
This week Facebook will announce their first smart speaker.
It will be powered by ALEXA👑🔥
https://voicebot.ai/2018/09/24/facebook-portal-smart-display-to-be-announced-this-week-will-have-alexa-onboard/
It will be powered by ALEXA👑🔥
https://voicebot.ai/2018/09/24/facebook-portal-smart-display-to-be-announced-this-week-will-have-alexa-onboard/
Voicebot
Facebook Portal Smart Display to be Announced this Week, Will Have Alexa Onboard
Chedder is reporting that the Facebook Portal smart display will be announced later this week and will have Amazon Alexa..
We found a 💎
Deakin University develops digital assistant which can answer 6 000 questions! They working on it since 2014 and the aim is to automate 20 000 questions!
Study case: http://www.umsl.edu/~lacitym/LSEOUWP1704.pdf
Assistant overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsRPuU53E74
Deakin University develops digital assistant which can answer 6 000 questions! They working on it since 2014 and the aim is to automate 20 000 questions!
Study case: http://www.umsl.edu/~lacitym/LSEOUWP1704.pdf
Assistant overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsRPuU53E74
YouTube
Deakin Genie
Deakin University's Smart Personalised Digital Assistant
📢Berlin is going to host the biggest conference about bots next month, called Chatbot Summit.
We decided to summarize 5 reasons why you should take part in it:
1. There is going to be the biggest concentration of people from the sphere.
2. Lots of useful insights and discussions about trends in 2019. Knowledge = money!
3. You can personally meet the leaders of such companies as Smooch, Chatbase, Twilio, Botsociety and many others.
4. Sharing knowledge with people from your sphere, drinking tasty German beer! What can be better than this? 🍻☺️
5. Meet the BotCube team! Yes, we're also going to Berlin and we will be glad to see you there too 😉
You can find more information on the conference website https://www.chatbotsummit.com/
Use the promo code "Botcube15" to get a 15% discount on tickets.
We decided to summarize 5 reasons why you should take part in it:
1. There is going to be the biggest concentration of people from the sphere.
2. Lots of useful insights and discussions about trends in 2019. Knowledge = money!
3. You can personally meet the leaders of such companies as Smooch, Chatbase, Twilio, Botsociety and many others.
4. Sharing knowledge with people from your sphere, drinking tasty German beer! What can be better than this? 🍻☺️
5. Meet the BotCube team! Yes, we're also going to Berlin and we will be glad to see you there too 😉
You can find more information on the conference website https://www.chatbotsummit.com/
Use the promo code "Botcube15" to get a 15% discount on tickets.
An amazing guide from Kayla Matthews of how to promote your bot🤖
She highlighted six steps which you have to follow in order to succeed.
1. Test the Product First
2. Create a Story
3. Add Bot to Your Website
4. Use Existing Social Media Tools
5. Make Bot Easy to Share
6. Avoid Ad Fraud
There are interesting thoughts about frauds in advertisement. We made similar mistakes during the advertisement of the bot in Telegram channels.
⌚️4 min read (short one)
https://chatbotsmagazine.com/how-to-promote-your-bot-on-a-budget-b2f30df0fac6
She highlighted six steps which you have to follow in order to succeed.
1. Test the Product First
2. Create a Story
3. Add Bot to Your Website
4. Use Existing Social Media Tools
5. Make Bot Easy to Share
6. Avoid Ad Fraud
There are interesting thoughts about frauds in advertisement. We made similar mistakes during the advertisement of the bot in Telegram channels.
⌚️4 min read (short one)
https://chatbotsmagazine.com/how-to-promote-your-bot-on-a-budget-b2f30df0fac6
Chatbots Magazine
How to Promote Your Bot on a Budget
Chatbots are taking over the business world. Every month, people send more than a billion messages to businesses and organizations through…
Hey folks! I’m Vasili, one of the co-founders @ Storyline. We’ve built a visual tool for making Alexa skills, which powers 8% of the skills store already (over 4,000 skills).
We’re surveying Amazon Echo users to figure out both your general impression of Alexa and tiny details that need to be improved. It will help us to understand & fix the most critical pain points in thousands of Alexa skills out there to make your future Alexa experience better.
Thanks in advance! 🙌
https://goo.gl/forms/RSw4A5T6DY1UiCjf2
We’re surveying Amazon Echo users to figure out both your general impression of Alexa and tiny details that need to be improved. It will help us to understand & fix the most critical pain points in thousands of Alexa skills out there to make your future Alexa experience better.
Thanks in advance! 🙌
https://goo.gl/forms/RSw4A5T6DY1UiCjf2
Google Docs
Alexa User Study
Hey folks! I'm Vasili, one of the co-founders @ Storyline. We've built #1 visual tool for making Alexa skills, which powers 8% of the skill store already (over 4,000 skills).
The goal of this survey is to figure out both your general impression of Alexa…
The goal of this survey is to figure out both your general impression of Alexa…
We got news from Instagram!📸
Just a few minutes ago Instagram has started to accept beta sign-ups for Spark AR. If chosen, you'll be among the first to use Spark AR Studio to create and share beautiful AR experiences on Instagram. Get started now! http://bit.ly/2Pbb4sz
Just a few minutes ago Instagram has started to accept beta sign-ups for Spark AR. If chosen, you'll be among the first to use Spark AR Studio to create and share beautiful AR experiences on Instagram. Get started now! http://bit.ly/2Pbb4sz
Facebook
Log in to Facebook | Facebook
Log in to Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family and people you know.
Facebook has released their first home speakers🤖
There are two devices:
1) Portal with 10.1" display for 199$
2) Portal+ with 15.6" display for 349$
Both of them are powered by Alexa
https://portal.facebook.com/
There are two devices:
1) Portal with 10.1" display for 199$
2) Portal+ with 15.6" display for 349$
Both of them are powered by Alexa
https://portal.facebook.com/
Meta
Meta Portal – Video calling devices with smart assistant integration
Easily video call friends and family with Meta Portal. All Portal video calling devices come with smart assistant integration so you can see and do more.
A year ago Yandex released Alice, Alexa- like assistant that speaks Russian.
It was released as a part of the browser application and now became the most popular voice assistant in Russia!
Happy birthday, Alice🎉🎉🎉
More information about Alice you can find at the link below
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/yandex-app-attack/
It was released as a part of the browser application and now became the most popular voice assistant in Russia!
Happy birthday, Alice🎉🎉🎉
More information about Alice you can find at the link below
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/yandex-app-attack/
Digital Trends
Russian voice assistant Alice answers questions and has natural conversations
For this week's app, we tried Alice -- the new voice assistant from Yandex -- and found she works as well as others on the market.
Hello guys,
We came to Berlin to attend Chatbot Summit. If you are here as well, send me a direct message (@andreibandarenka), would love to meet you!
We came to Berlin to attend Chatbot Summit. If you are here as well, send me a direct message (@andreibandarenka), would love to meet you!
The first interactive movie!🎞️😯
So, team from Czech Republic has created a very short version of such a movie. Anyway, it will be exciting to get acquainted with this interpretation of cinema.
To do this: https://lnkd.in/gBvUF_k
Do you believe that in the future we will influence the plot of the films and create our own versions?🎥
So, team from Czech Republic has created a very short version of such a movie. Anyway, it will be exciting to get acquainted with this interpretation of cinema.
To do this: https://lnkd.in/gBvUF_k
Do you believe that in the future we will influence the plot of the films and create our own versions?🎥
Alquist Movies
We bring voice interactivity to your stories. People care about stories. We believe that you can enhance the impact of your story through interactivity. Our mission is to help you share your story with the world.
Google Assistant will be working soon in the Chrome Browser! Chrome is the most popular web browser, it's used by 61,7 percent of users!
So, this will be a great opportunity for Google Assistant to expand it's audience.
To activate, use the OK, Google feature or press Search+A.
https://voicebot.ai/2018/11/07/google-assistant-on-its-way-to-chrome/?fbclid=IwAR24STrE7srZCh3noVWqvsz0Sy2EMLSRr0-pAUCxvb3LDup5mDCSuYjKuyI
So, this will be a great opportunity for Google Assistant to expand it's audience.
To activate, use the OK, Google feature or press Search+A.
https://voicebot.ai/2018/11/07/google-assistant-on-its-way-to-chrome/?fbclid=IwAR24STrE7srZCh3noVWqvsz0Sy2EMLSRr0-pAUCxvb3LDup5mDCSuYjKuyI
Voicebot.ai
Google Assistant on its way to Chrome
Chrome OS Channels Google has long had multiple versions, or channels, of their Chrome browser. Each channel varies in how..
Hi guys! Is there anyone who has just started creating bots?
If you:
- don’t have a detailed strategy of chatbot,
- try to implement a lot of functions,
- don’t test your chatbot,
- have annoying chatbot,
- don’t guess what your clients ask,
- don’t understand how messengers work,
- don’t encourage users to promote your app,
this article will help you deal with issues👇
https://chatbotslife.com/7-reasons-your-chatbot-doesnt-attract-clients-and-how-to-fix-it-448dc4d04469
If you:
- don’t have a detailed strategy of chatbot,
- try to implement a lot of functions,
- don’t test your chatbot,
- have annoying chatbot,
- don’t guess what your clients ask,
- don’t understand how messengers work,
- don’t encourage users to promote your app,
this article will help you deal with issues👇
https://chatbotslife.com/7-reasons-your-chatbot-doesnt-attract-clients-and-how-to-fix-it-448dc4d04469
Guys, has anyone of you tried to create chatbot for a retail store? What was the result?
We found a remarkable article from Manychat team which helps you to go deeper into the e-commerce chatbots topic.
It is here: https://blog.manychat.com/how-to-build-ecommerce-chat..
Especially for you, we have highlighted some tips from it:
• If your goal is customer acquisitions, then it is better to use a rule based bot. With NLP, your AI bot can easily get off your conversion track because users can type in whatever they want and go through different flows.
• The Welcome Message needs to be short and it's goal is to introduce your chatbot, tell the user what your chatbot can do for them and show them how to proceed to the next step.
• You should allow the user to restart the bot or unsubscribe. Don't put these functions in the main menu, but rather hide them in one button - settings.
• If the user has not made a purchase immediately, then apply the VTPC-rule for 4 days: Value, Trust, Pricing, Community.
We found a remarkable article from Manychat team which helps you to go deeper into the e-commerce chatbots topic.
It is here: https://blog.manychat.com/how-to-build-ecommerce-chat..
Especially for you, we have highlighted some tips from it:
• If your goal is customer acquisitions, then it is better to use a rule based bot. With NLP, your AI bot can easily get off your conversion track because users can type in whatever they want and go through different flows.
• The Welcome Message needs to be short and it's goal is to introduce your chatbot, tell the user what your chatbot can do for them and show them how to proceed to the next step.
• You should allow the user to restart the bot or unsubscribe. Don't put these functions in the main menu, but rather hide them in one button - settings.
• If the user has not made a purchase immediately, then apply the VTPC-rule for 4 days: Value, Trust, Pricing, Community.