Apple has annnounced a number of new features for its products intended to make life easier, especially for those with disabilities or non-standard speech patterns. Two of them are specific...
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Virtual Assistants: Smart Or Sinister?
Virtual Assistants such as Alexa and Siri are wonderfully useful (and fun) gadgets. However their ‘always listening’ nature raises some concerns. The makers have tried to address these with various...
Continue reading...Google Nest Hub Max – Just Look And Talk
Google has unveiled the new ‘Look and Talk’ feature for its Nest Hub Max. Like most virtual assistants, Google’s has up to now required you to activate it with a...
Continue reading...Alexa Sci-Fi Easter Eggs (No Spoilers)
One of the things I like best about Alexa is that it’s not just useful, it’s also fun. The developers clearly have a sense of humour (despite Alexa’s bad jokes)...
Continue reading...Amazon Releases MASSIVE Language Dataset
Amazon has announced the release of a 51 language dataset to help developers of Natural Language Understanding (NLU) systems such as Alexa and other chatbots. The dataset is named MASSIVE,...
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