Voice Assistants
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The rise of voice search in 2017
By ITPro published
In-depth Voice search has been revealed as one of Gartner’s top tech trends of 2017, but what is it and why will it become so big?

Virtual Personal Assistants will become the norm by 2019
By Clare Hopping published
News Smartphone users will also rely on their voice and gestures to control their device

Tech giants form ‘ethical AI’ supergroup
By Adam Shepherd published
News The organisation includes Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, but Elon Musk and Apple are both absent

Siri creators prepare to launch new voice assistant, Viv
By Caroline Preece published
News Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer want to revolutionise how we interact with online services

Build 2016: Why Microsoft predicts a world of talking bots
By Mary Branscombe published
Analysis Satya Nadella’s big vision for Microsoft is around intelligent conversations with machines

Nuance Dragon Professional Individual
By Simon Williams published
Analysis Nuance’s new take on speech recognition promises still further customisation and integration with Dragon Anywhere, in 2016

Your next co-worker might well be a robot
By Maggie Holland published
Sponsored Many view AI as being a knife’s edge away from creepy and, potentially, dangerous. But there is a brighter side…

Apple acquires smartphone AI firm Perceptio
By Clare Hopping published
News The startup allows for image processing on-device, without exposing any user data
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