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: 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/

This Week In Voice Season 7, Episode 4 Special AI Bill of Rights Edition Guests: Zohaib Ahmed (CEO, Resemble.ai), Ram Menon (CEO, Avaamo), Rupal Patel (VP of Voice and Accessibility, Veritone) Stories: 1a) Biden proposes new "Bill of Rights" to protect Americans from AI harms (Ars Technica): https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/biden-proposes-new-bill-of-rights-to-protect-americans-from-ai-snooping/ 1b) Analysis: White House unveils 'AI bill of rights' as 'call to action' to rein in tool (Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/04/white-house-unveils-ai-bill-rights-call-action-rein-tool/ 1c) Analysis: Biden's AI Bill of Rights Is Toothless Against Big Tech (WIRED): https://www.wired.com/story/bidens-ai-bill-of-rights-is-toothless-against-big-tech/ 2) Secret function on Amazon Alexa helped me bust my cheating boyfriend (NY Post): https://nypost.com/2022/10/03/amazon-alexas-secret-function-helped-bust-cheating-boyfriend/

This Week In Voice Season 7, Episode 3 Guests: Chris Ezekiel (CEO, Creative Virtual), Timo Kunz (Founder, Aflorithmic / API.Audio), Sean McIlrath (VP and GM, Americas, Artificial Solutions) Stories: 1) Siri, Alexa, and Google Home make children rude, anti-social (NY Post): https://nypost.com/2022/09/28/siri-alexa-and-google-home-make-children-rude-anti-social-study/ 2) Here are the new features Amazon is adding to Alexa (Engadget): https://www.engadget.com/here-are-the-new-features-amazon-is-adding-to-alexa-170858160.html 3) Conversational AI Is Asking For Ethical Oversight (European Business Review): https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/conversational-ai-is-asking-for-ethical-oversight-how-can-humans-best-answer-the-call/ 4) Darth Vader to be voiced by AI (The Sun): https://www.the-sun.com/tech/6295117/darth-vader-new-voice-ai-james-earl-jones-retires/

This Week In Voice Season 7, Episode 2 Guests: Maddy Apple (CEO, Women In Voice), Alex Misiaszek (SVP, Truist), Celene Osiecka (Senior Director, Conversation Design, [24]7.ai) Stories for discussion: 1) Amazon brings "Tap to Alexa" accessibility feature to Fire tablets for the first time (TechCrunch) 2) "Alexa, Should My Company Invest In Voice Technology?" (Harvard Business Review) 3) New Buzz Lightyear Toy Includes Conversational AI and Voice Recognition (Voicebot.ai) 4) Getty Images Bans AI-generated Content Over Fears Of Legal Challenges (The Verge)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 11) Featuring guests Brad Hastedt (DataForce) and Andrei Papancea (NLX) Stories: 1) Spotify Rebrands Greenroom Social Audio as Spotify Live, Adds Livestream to Main App (Voicebot.ai) 2) Nest Hub Max may soon let you summon Google Assistant without saying a word (Android Central) 3) Enterprise Conversational AI Startup Observe.AI Raises $125M (Voicebot.ai) 4) You Can Now Tell Alexa to Plant a Tree for You (Make Use Of)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 10) Featuring guests Phil Hall (LXT.ai) and Lauren Cowles (Veritone) Stories for discussion: 1) Voice cloning technology may have been used in Pearland scam (KHOU-11, Houston TX) 2) Amazon's Alexa is becoming a member of the family (Fortune) 3) Restaurants leverage conversational AI to automate order taking (PYMNTS.com) 4) Your iPhone has ten Harry Potter 'spells' that really work with Siri (New York Post)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 9) is a very special episode - an interview with YouTube sensation / freestyle rapper Harry Mack. Sponsored by our friends at Deepgram (https://dpgr.am/projectvoice): the leader in automated transcription and speech-to-text for conversational AI, sales and support enablement, voice analytics, or any use case that requires super accurate, usable transcriptions. WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW The interview touches on how Harry uses voice assistants in his personal life, and then proceeds to re-trace some moments from his career that Project Voice CEO Bradley Metrock discovered that led to him booking Harry to play Euphonious, Birmingham's music and tech festival taking place June 17-19. Metrock and Harry Mack "react" to some of these previous videos, which include: Harry Mack Freestyles Get A Standing Ovation | Omegle Bars 37 (REACTION) from YouTube reactor Scru Face Jean TRASH or PASS! Harry Mack (IT'S A PARTY ON OMEGLE - Omegle Bars 30 [REACTION!!!] from YouTube reactor LayedBak Inspirational | Harry Mack Freestyle (Omegle Bars 43) from Harry Mack's own Harry Mack Clips YouTube channel BEST FREESTYLER EVER! | Harry Mack Omegle Bars 52 (REACTION!!!) from YouTube reactor NoLifeShaq The interview concludes with Harry Mack creating a spontaneous song out of three words discussed over the course of the show...one of which is, of course, Euphonious, where Harry will open for Collective Soul at 7 PM Central on Sunday, June 19.

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 8) Guests: Kumar Rangarajan (CEO, Slang Labs), Tobias Dengel (CEO, WillowTree) Stories for discussion: 1) The Rise and Stall of the US Smart Speaker Market (Voicebot.AI) 2) Vizio Will Integrate SoundHound Voice AI Across Smart TV Line (Voicebot.AI) 3) Telehealth Visits Now Available Through Amazon Alexa (The Verge) 4) Star Wars Fans React To Learning Luke Skywalker Was Voiced By A Computer (ScreenRant)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 7) Guests: John Campbell (Rabbit & Pork), Tom Livne (Verbit.ai), Jen Heape (Vixen Labs) Stories for discussion: 1a) Google, a big fan of safety, expands Assistant Guest Mode to 9 other languages (Android Police) 1b) Apple says a ‘small portion' of iPhones recorded interactions with Siri even if you opted out (The Verge) 2) Report: 62% of orgs use voice technology to increase revenue (VentureBeat) 3) Amazon's new Super Bowl ad features a creepy mind-reading Alexa (The Verge)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 6) Guests: Naresh Kuppuswamy (DataForce), Liz Persaud (Georgia Tech), Johan Stromberg (Wanderword) Stories for discussion: 1) Jaguar Land Rover adds Amazon Alexa voice control as standard (Autocar) 2) Apple was a smart-speaker laggard, but its strategy is working (Fast Company) 3) iHeartMedia Leads $3M Funding Round for Social Audio Startup Gimme Radio (Voicebot.AI) 4) Artificial Intelligence Can Now Craft Original Jokes—And That's No Laughing Matter (TIME)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 5) Guests: Paul Welham (Cereproc), Audrey Arbeeny (Audiobrain), Sean Austin (Helios) Stories for discussion: 1) Voice assistant maker SoundHound to go public via $2 billion SPAC deal (Reuters) 2) "Alexa, play something on Netflix." (The Verge) 3) Voice AI company Skit looks to hire 1000 people across US, SE Asia, India (Economic Times) 4) ReadSpeaker Debuts Voice User Interface Platform For Nintendo Switch (Voicebot.AI)

This Week In Voice, Season 6 Episode 4, features guests Rana Gujral (CEO, Behavioral Signals), Jon Stine (Executive Director, Open Voice Network) and Thomas Lindgren (Executive Chairman, Wanderword). Stories include: 1) M&A Watch: LivePerson's Transformational Acquisitions (Dan Miller, Opus Research) 2) Healthcare's Use Of Voice Tech Seen As "Game Changer" For Diagnostics, Patient Experience (PYMNTS) 3) A Start-up Says Its Voice Recognition Tech Beats Google And Amazon At Reducing Racial Bias (CNBC) 4) Biggest Names In Voice Tech Coming To Okaloosa Island For Project Voice X (Northwest Florida Daily News) This Week In Voice, hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners) is part of the Project Voice Media Group.

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 3) Featuring guests Kerry Brix (conversational AI consultant), Todd Mozer (CEO, Sensory), and Alistair van Moere (Chief Product Officer, MetaMetrics) Stories for discussion: 1) Microsoft and NVIDIA unveil enormous language model with 530 billion parameters (Voicebot.ai) 2) Wendy's to use Google's AI to stop burgers from burning (ScreenRant) 3) Bowers & Wilkins "Zeppelin" gets rebooted as a $799 smart speaker (Digital Trends) 4) Where Have All The Alexas Gone? (Bustle) Project Voice X takes place October 25-27 in Destin / Fort Walton Beach, Florida - presented by Amazon and Microsoft. Registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-voice-x-tickets-150144334747 Project Voice X Worldwide takes place October 29 virtually and registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-voice-x-worldwide-tickets-188784508547

This Week In Voice - Season 6, Episode 2 Featuring guests Ken Sutton (CEO, Yobe) and Brandon Kaplan (CEO, Skilled Creative) Featured stories for discussion: 1) Hey Siri, what happened? (The Verge) 2) Amazon give Alexa more patience (Ars Technica) 3) Conversational AI market to reach $32B globally by 2030 (Yahoo) 4) AI is still awesome, 20 years later (Cult of Whatever) ------- Project Voice X takes place October 25-27 in Destin / Fort Walton Beach, Florida. For more information, visit www.ProjectVoice.ai.

This Week In Voice returns for Season 6! The season premiere is an interview with Cerence CEO Sanjay Dhawan, covering voice's evolved role in the car, how the company views the return to work and future of work, Cerence's positioning relative to big tech, and what's next for the company.

This Week In Voice takes a break from the usual news of the week in voice technology and conversational AI to speak with Dr. Teri Fisher, creator of Alexa in Canada and Voice First Health podcasts, numerous voice training materials, and The Voice Den, a pandemic-era social experience for the voice community. Teri is celebrating 1,000 flash briefings produced and published - a remarkable achievement. This interview spans all of those topics and more. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network, which itself is part of the Project Voice Media Group.

This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 4, features Simon Lau (Otter.ai) and Nick Livingston (HoneIt). Stories for discussion include: 1) Voice Assistants and the Election 1a) Voicebot: How Voice Assistants Are Responding To Election Result Updates 1b) Voicebot: How Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Are Reporting On Election Day 2) Press Gazette (UK): Smart Audio: What Publishers Need To Know About The Latest Tech Revolution 3) MIT Technology Review: AI Pioneer Geoff Hinton: Deep Learning Is Going To Be Able To Do Everything (this is paywalled behind a limited number of free articles, let me know if you can't access) 4) Tech Xplore: Computer Scientist...Develops AI To Explain Its Discoveries This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 3, features special guests Patricia Scanlon (Soapbox Labs), Julia Liberty (AI Data Innovations), and Dr. Phillip Alvelda (Brainworks). Stories for discussion include: 1) MacRumors: Apple Acquires AI Startup Vilynx To Improve Siri 2) TechCrunch: Apple Search Crawler Activity Could Signal A Google Competitor 3) Adobe: Voice Technology's Role In Our Rapidly Changing World 4) Voicebot: Voice-Activated Museum "Planet Word" Opens In DC This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 2, features special guests Caitlin Gutekunst (Creativity, Inc.), Lisa Michaud (Interactions), and Kat Zdan (Google). Stories for discussion include: 1) Voicebot: Alexa Now Offers Personalized Reading Recommendations 2) Android Police: A Secret, Unreleased Option Lets Users Invoke Assistant On Smart Displays Without Saying "Hey Google" 3) MIT Technology Review: The True Dangers Of AI Are Closer Than We Think 4) Behold, The Smart Cactus! This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network. Follow along with This Week In Voice VIP, the daily letter to the voice tech and AI communities around the world. Available through our friends at Substack here: https://thisweekinvoice.substack.com/

Hosted by Bradley Metrock and featuring guests Daniela Braga (CEO, DefinedCrowd), Nils Lenke (VP Apps, Cerence) and Derek Roberti (VP Technology, North America, Cognigy), This Week In Voice kicks off Season 5 with stories checking in on Google, Amazon, and Apple's voice/AI ecosystems. Additionally, a story about protecting children from AI is part of the show, and the first episode of Season 5 wraps with each of the guests discussing what they and their companies are most looking forward to as we approach 2021. A summary of the episode, along with a variety of quotes, were published as part of This Week In Voice VIP, the daily letter to the voice and AI tech communities. Check out the newsletter here: https://thisweekinvoice.substack.com/ This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

The fifth of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and the hidden data within human speech. Caitlyn Brooksby (Canary Speech), Aaron Bours (Hyro.ai), Kenn Harper (Nuance), Scott Sandland (Cyrano.ai), and Mike Page (Phebi.ai) round out a powerhouse panel.

The fourth of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and health insurance. Audrey Arbeeny (Audiobrain), Bhagvan Kommadi (ValueMomentum), Maaike Coppens (Promptful), Matt Cybulsky (IONIA), and Mika Eddy (UnitedHealth Group) round out a powerhouse panel.

The third of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and accessibility of healthcare. Dale LaRue (RAIN Agency), Jon Gordon (LifePod), and Tarah Knaresboro (Renalis Health) round out a powerhouse panel.

The second of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and the electronic health record. Ricky Sahu (CEO, 1up.Health), Pat Williams (CEO, iScribe Health), Miriam Paramore (President, OptimizeRX), Rushi Ganmukhi (CEO, Bola.ai), and Scott Stephenson (CEO, Deepgram) round out a powerhouse panel.

The first of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and aging in place. Nate Treloar (Orbita), Mark Gray (Constant Companion), Dan Messina (Hands Free Health) and Jean-Claude Junqua (CE2Innovate) provides a lively and highly experienced panel.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) records the Season Finale of Season 4 of This Week In Voice, live as part of The Voice of the Car Summit on April 7, 2020. Featured guests include Carla Bailo (President and CEO, Center for Automotive Research), Piyush Chandra (Director of Product Management, NAUTO) and Chandra Khatri (Lead Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, Uber).

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) speaks with Rupal Patel (CEO, VocaliD) and Mike Tatum (CEO, Spokestack) about the news of the week in voice technology and conversational AI, including Mycroft's battle against patent trolls, Alexa's increasing usage in banking and healthcare, and one pioneer's creation which allows people to call Google Assistant devices using rotary phones.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) speaks with voice super-developer Ilarna Nche (Software Developer, Matchbox.io) about the news of the week in voice tech and conversational AI. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) speaks with Corinne Kleinman (Georgetown University) and discusses the top voice tech and AI news of the week, from Amazon executives unplugging Alexa devices in their homes to Cerence's desire to let you choose your own voice assistant in the car to the University of Michigan ridding itself of Clinc's former CEO. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice recorded a special roundtable interview at CES, focused on the Chinese market for voice technology and AI. Joining host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) is Shining Hsiong (Founder and CEO, Shenzhenware), Bo Xi (Market Developer Manager, Knowles Electronics) and Andy Bellavia (Director of Market Development, Knowles Electronics). The conversation centers on differences between the United States and Chinese markets for voice technology, and what we can expect to see in both markets heading into 2020.

This Week In Voice, Season 4 Episode 13, features as guests the Samsung Bixby Team: Roger Kibbe, John Alioto, and Jonathan Pan. Joined by host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing, and executive producer of Project Voice), the Bixby crew discusses a productive 2019 which saw the release of their developer ecosystem for Bixby and a successful roadshow across the United States. The conversation steers, toward the end, to privacy and data security, as well as Project Voice itself, where Samsung is a Presenting Sponsor for the #1 event for voice tech and AI in America. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice (Season 4 Episode 12) features guests Noelle Silver (VP Digital Technology, NPR) and Amy Summers (President, Pitch Publicity) to discuss the stories of the week in voice tech and AI, including the announcement of the Project Voice Awards Finalists, whether women raise their voice with smart speakers more than men, Amazon Echo devices continuing to sell well during Black Friday, Amazon's release of a battery-powered Echo in India, and the activation of the SANTA TRACKER on Google Assistant! This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice (Season 4 Episode 11) features guests Lauren Helmer (Editor, More Than Just Weather & Music) and Mary Alice McMorrow (Chief Marketing Officer, Earplay) to discuss the stories of the week in voice tech and AI, including Spotify's free tier now being available on Alexa, Sonos acquiring Snips, Black Friday deals on smart speakers, Voiceflow's investment from the Alexa Fund, Matchbox.io's acquisition of Alexa skills from Opearlo, and whether AIs will be able to tell better jokes than humans.