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Feeling creatively stifled in his stable but unfulfilling job, Adam Cheyer pursued entrepreneurship, even with his limited business knowledge. He co-founded Siri to realize his dream of a voice-activated assistant and the project was so promising that Steve Jobs called out of the blue. Despite initially turning down his offer, Jobs persisted. Today, Siri is integrated into billions of Apple devices. In this episode, Adam shares the key moments and mindset shifts that turned his vision into reality. Adam Cheyer is an inventor, entrepreneur, and VP of AI Experience at Airbnb. He has founded multiple successful startups, including Siri and Change.org. In this episode, Ilana and Adam will discuss: - The emotional drive behind leaving a stable job - Challenges of starting a business in his forties - The exciting story behind creating Siri - The unexpected call from Steve Jobs - Adam's process for timing new innovations - How visualizing success boosts motivation - The power of being first in new markets - Maintaining perseverance as an entrepreneur - The evolution of AI - And other topics…   Adam Cheyer is an inventor, entrepreneur, and engineering executive, recognized for his pioneering work in AI and human-computer interfaces. Throughout his career, Adam has co-founded or been a founding member of multiple successful startups, including Siri, Change.org, GamePlanner.AI, Sentient, and Viv Labs. Currently, he serves as the VP of AI Experience at Airbnb, leveraging generative AI to transform the platform into an intuitive travel concierge. In addition to his technology work, he is also an award-winning magician and a member of the prestigious Magic Castle in Los Angeles. Connect with Adam: Adam's Website: http://adam.cheyer.com/site/home  Adam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcheyer/  Resources Mentioned: Change.org: https://www.change.org/

Adam Cheyer ajudou a fundar (apenas rs) quatro empresas de sucesso: co-fundador da Siri (vendida para a Apple para construir o assistente Siri, hoje presente em 2 bilhões de dispositivos), co-fundador da Viv Labs (IA vendida para Samsung, 400 milhões de dispositivos), co-fundador da Sentient (uma empresa pioneira em aprendizado de máquina) e membro fundador da Change.org (a maior plataforma de petições do mundo, com meio bilhão de membros). Adam é autor de mais de 60 publicações e possui 39 patentes. E temos ainda uma grande curiosidade….Por diversão, ele gosta de criar magia! Como mágico premiado, já se apresentou para líderes mundiais em palácios, para estudantes em estádios e para milhões de pessoas na TV e online. Para falar sobre a jornada da Siri e suas opiniões sobre IA, Adam é nosso “convidado” do Ghost Interview de hoje.-----O Ghost Interview é um formato autoral e proprietário do Morse que faz a curadoria de personalidades relevantes do mundo da tecnologia, inovação e empreendedorismo, e recria narrativas em forma de entrevistas resumindo as principais curiosidades, percepções e visões destas personalidades com base em entrevistas já realizados. O Formato existe como Newsletter desde de 2018, disponível no link https://morse-news.com/post/category/ghost-interview/ , e desde Janeiro de 2024 passou a contar também com uma versão em podcast sendo apresentado por João Carvalho (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaotcarvalho/) e Rafaela Guimarães (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaela-santos-guimaraes/). ____ Para informações, sugestões de pauta ou parcerias comerciais: contato@morse.newsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Gabel is the cofounder and CEO of Laredo Labs, where they are building an AI agent for software engineers. He was previously the Chief Scientist at Viv Labs and an assistant professor at University of Texas at Dallas. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Current state of generative AI in software development - Solver agent - Characteristics of a good AI assistant - Context awareness - Tradeoff between ease of generation and software quality - The role of programming languages - Future of Generative AI in software engineering Mark's favorite books: - Gödel, Escher, Bach (Author: Douglas Hofstadter)- On Food and Cooking (Author: Harold McGee)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Siri creator Adam Cheyer talks about the long road to launching the virtual assistant, how to take an entrepreneurial idea from conception to impact and why he doesn't see anything as a failure."An entrepreneur and a magician are exactly the same," begins Cheyer, who also founded the startups Change.org, Viv Labs, Sentient and Bixby. "An entrepreneur needs to imagine an impossible future. Think about Siri: 20 years ago, if I told you that you could pull a device out of your pocket, it would know who you are and where you are and you could just talk to it using your words and it would not only talk back to you, but do things for you, book that reservation, buy a movie ticket, you would've thought that were magic."An entrepreneur has to imagine an impossible future that's desirable, that doesn't exist ... So, you have to reach far as an entrepreneur, dream big, dream magical. But you have to be very clear (and answer) 'Why would we want such a thing?'"This Feb. 9, 2021, talk was part of UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology's 2021 Newton Lecture Series. Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News (news.berkeley.edu).Music by Blue Dot Sessions.Photo courtesy of the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is a giant in the world of voice assistants and AI. Adam Cheyer is the co-founder of Siri, which was originally an app that, as you know, was acquired by Apple and launched as the key feature of the iPhone 4s in 2011. That is how Siri came to define expectations for modern-day voice assistants.   However, Cheyer and one of his Siri cofounders Dag Kittlaus, were disappointed that Apple decided to dramatically narrow the scope of the assistant to better align with its goal of making Siri a feature of the iPhone as opposed to a general purpose assistant.   Cheyer and Kittlaus founded Viv Labs, which eventually sold to Samsung and, after a few years, became the technology behind the new Bixby after Samsung's initial voice assistant flopped. A key part of the story here is that Cheyer was the visionary behind 50% of the four leading voice assistants to emerge over the past 15 years. You can imagine that gives him unique insights into what is happening today with the rise of generative AI and ChatGPT in particular.   Cheyer and I speak at length about his initial reaction to ChatGPT, what he thinks OpenAI got right, and foreshadows an emerging issue about how the company applies Plugins.    In addition, you will want to hear more about Cheyer's four critical elements for an assistant and the difference between a knowing and doing assistant. This creates a stark contrast between ChatGPT and Alexa. Sit back and get ready for some gems of insight. 

Dag Kittlaus is the CEO and co-founder of Riva Health, a company that has set out to revolutionize how patients manage hypertension and heart disease. We discuss the innovation behind Riva, which turns a smartphone into a health management assistant that collects data and connects patients with a proactive care team. Hearing Dag talk, you can see how this might extend into traditional assistant functionality for managing chronic heart conditions. He breaks down the Riva journey thus far and we go back into his history as a co-founder of Siri (acquired by Apple) and Viv Labs (acquired by Samsung) and what he learned along the way about assistants, technology, and how users interact with novel solutions.  We also go into depth on the rise of generative AI and ChatGPT. From a ChatGPT perspective, we spent considerable time discussing the new Plugins model to integrate third-party services. Kittlaus was doing this for the Siri app 15 years ago before the Apple acquisition. He did it again with Viv Labs and Samsung's Bixby assistant and knows the challenges of creating a plugin ecosystem. His observation is that the problems are largely the same and OpenAI is in for a rude awakening. I am sure you will enjoy this wide-ranging discussion about innovation, technology adoption, and overcoming barriers to growth with someone that has been influential in shaping our views, experiences, and assumptions about intelligent assistants of all kinds.  

Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shaun-jay/support SPONSORS: Interested in sponsoring the next episode? Email us at makingmagicpodcast@gmail.com and let's make it happen! LISTEN TO THE SHOW ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST APP Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/makingmagiconapple Spotify: http://bit.ly/makingmagicspotify Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/makingmagicgoogle About Adam Cheyer: Adam Cheyer is co-Founder and VP Engineering at Viv Labs, a startup (recently acquired by Samsung) dedicated to creating an intelligent interface to everything. Previously, Adam was co-founder and VP Engineering at Siri, Inc, and after Siri was acquired by Apple, a Director of Engineering in the iOS group. Adam also was a co-founder of Sentient.ai (massively scalable machine learning) and a founding member of Change.org (world's largest petition platform). Adam is the author of more than 60 publications and 25 patents. He received his bachelor's degree with highest honors from Brandeis university and his master's degree with an “outstanding master's student” award from UCLA. About Shaun Jay: Raleigh magician Shaun Jay has been seen on FOX, ABC, NBC, Masters of Illusion on the CW Network and also the TEDx Stage. Raleigh magician Shaun Jay started his career at the early age of 12 and has studied under some of the biggest names in magic over the past 20 years. Shaun offers corporate entertainment in Raleigh NC and surrounding areas. When not performing or speaking at events, Shaun uses his talents for 3D design and 3D printing to help companies and individuals bring their ideas and inventions to life. Shaun uses these talents as a trusted creative consultant for one of the world's premiere and most respected magic inventors, Paul Harris. Shaun is part of an exclusive team that helps invent some of the most cutting edge illusions that are then sold to other magicians across the globe. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shaun-jay/support

Welcome to another episode of The Speechly Podcast where you can expect conversations exploring the best opportunities in the world of Voice User Interfaces. Today we have the season finale of the "Voice Pioneers Fireside Chats" series - where we have been doing interviews with individuals who have made a significant impact in the world of Voice Technology. Today my guest is the one and only Adam Cheyer. Adam was the Co-Founder of Siri which was sold to Apple and Viv Labs which was sold to Samsung to power the Bixby Voice Assistant. However, looking at his work before starting Siri shines a light on how Adam ultimately came to start 2 of the most used Voice Assistant technologies in the world. Before starting Siri, Adam had already built a prototype of the assistant while working at SRI International in the early 1990's. In this discussion we explore a range of topics such as: - What led to the ultimate founding of Siri? - The story behind the Apple acquisition and how Adam ultimately turned down an initial acquisition offer from Steve Jobs himself. - The background of Siri as a standalone application and how it evolved with the acquisition by Apple. - Why was Viv Labs started and ultimately sold to Samsung? - What is the concept of Voice being an "Expert UI"? - What have we gotten right with Voice Technology and what have we gotten wrong? - Where will Voice-enabled experiences go in the years ahead? I hope you enjoy this interview with Adam Cheyer on The Speechly Podcast. Follow Adam: Adam.Cheyer.com Siri, Back to the Future - Video Presentation Follow Speechly: Speechly.com Twitter - @SpeechlyAPI GitHub.com/Speechly LinkedIn

Listen to this 'magical' conversation with Adam Cheyer. Adam is the reason we speak to our phones today. He founded two companies that built the most popular voice-based AI assistant in our pockets and home devices - one created Siri (acquired by Apple) and the other founded Bixby (Viv Labs acquired by Samsung). We break down a lot of amazing topics in this podcast including AI, magic, social justice, and much more. Take a listen, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.    Adam Cheyer helped start four successful companies in recent years. He was the co-founder of the voice assistant Siri, which he eventually sold the technology to Apple. He also co-founded Viv Labs, another ai assistant, which they eventually sold off to Samsung to help create Bixby. He also helped launch Sentient, a widely distributed machine learning software, and Change.org, the largest petition platform in the world. Besides his career in technology, Adam is a highly awarded magician who has performed all over the country for large crowds. Adam has authored more than 60 publications and 38 patents. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from Brandeis University and a master's degree in computer science and artificial intelligence from UCLA. Learn more at http://adam.cheyer.com/   A note about our sponsors: A big thank you to Experian, whom you may know as the credit bureau, but they are at heart a data company. When you are buying a car or a home, sending your kids to college or borrowing to grow your business, Experian is most likely helping you behind the scenes. They unlock the power of data, to make better decisions, get access to financial services, and to prevent crime, unlocking a whole world of opportunities for individuals and organizations. Learn more at https://Experian.com.

Roger Kibbe is Senior Developer Evangelist at Viv Labs which is the home of Bixby in Samsung Research Americas. Today, we discuss the evolution of Bixby and voice assistants over the past five years. In particular, we break down the new Bixby Home features and the rise of AI in smart home features. We also go into depth around the importance of command and control voice interactions.  Prior to Samsung, Kibbe founded Voice Craft, a voice app development firm which was preceded by 12 year at Gap Inc. where he oversaw customer experience and logistics technology strategy. He also worked at Accenture early in his career. 

Welcome to another episode of The Speechly Podcast! Today I am joined by Roger Kibbe of Viv Labs at Samsung. In the conversation, we used the Kroger Voice Assistant Experience on the Google Assistant as a starting point to further explore the best opportunities for Voice UIs in Grocery and Retail. In this discussion we cover the following topics: - Getting specific when starting a Voice Technology project in Retail - How to focus on the user when building Voice-Enabled experiences - The Pros and Cons of Voice-Enabled Kiosk and Mobile experiences - Why now is a good time for Retailers to be building and iterating on Voice-Enabled experiences I hope you enjoy this interview with Roger Kibbe on the Speechly Podcast! Follow Speechly: Speechly.com Twitter - @SpeechlyAPI GitHub.com/Speechly LinkedIn Follow Roger: Twitter - @rogerkibbe LinkedIn

Welcome to the Season 3 wrap up of the Sound In Marketing podcast. I'm your host Jeanna Isham, owner and founder of Dreamr Productions and Sound In Marketing Learning.  I create, consult, and educate brands and individuals on the power of sound in marketing.    Clips from my Season 3 interviews are as follows: Jay Kapadia of GM (00:58), Roger Kibbe of Viv Labs (02:16), Shyamala Prayaga of Digital Assistant Academy (04:27), Steve Williams, former VP of Post Production Services at Universal (05:55), Arafel Buzan and Mike Schulte of Mindshare's NeuroLab (07:34), Audrey Arbeeny of Audiobrain (08:33), Jon Stine of the Open Voice Network (09:07), and Miya Kanzaki and Brain Ostreicher of Pandora's Studio Resonate (10:43). Coming up in Season 4, we'll be focusing on definitions because if you don't fundamentally understand the industry, it's harder to navigate it and harder to ultimately succeed. And that's why every episode will start with What Is.  Season 4 premieres Tuesday June 22nd with our first episode What Is Social Audio with Ahmed Bouzid of Witlingo. For more information on sound and marketing, industry resources, courses, and to connect with a really amazing community, go to www.soundinmarketing.com. If you're a brand that is looking for a more specific assessment of their sound marketing options and/or are interested in creating sonic branding, go to www.dreamrproductions.com and let's discuss further. All other thoughts, comments, concerns, you can find me on Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook. You can also follow and subscribe to the Sound In Marketing Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and Stitcher and don't forget to share it with your friends. Let's make this world of sound more intriguing, more unique, and more and more on brand.

Patrick Tsang interviews Adam Cheyer, founding member of Apple's Siri, Change.org, Viv Labs, and Sentient. From growing up in Massachusetts, graduating from UCLA's School of Engineering with a master's degree, to successfully founding multiple startups, Adam has gained many lessons and remarkable experiences to share. As an award-winning magician, Adam speaks about the connection between his love for magic, entrepreneurship, and inventing. Before selling Siri to Apple, Adam was the Chief Architect of CALO/PAL, the U.S. government's largest funded AI project. From there, Adam created and co-founded Siri, the virtual assistant that revolutionized and differentiated Apple. He shares how Siri started as its own app and, through persuasion from Steve Jobs to sell, became today's phenomenon. During his work with Apple, Adam reminiscences over memories he had working with Steve Jobs and the impact. Moreover, he talks about founding Change.org, the world's largest petition platform, and how the process was carried out. Additionally, Adam explains developing Viv Labs, a personal assistant software, sold to Samsung. In addition, Adam has authored more than 60 publications and 38 patents. More about Adam Cheyer: http://adam.cheyer.com/site/home Follow Me: WEBSITE: http://anythingispossible.global​ LINKEDIN: http://linkedin.com/in/patrickpltsang​ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/anythingispossiblewithpatricktsang TWITTER: http://twitter.com/patpltsang​ Sign up for my Newsletter: https://anythingispossible.global/contact

Today I continued my conversation with Roger Kibbe, Senior Developer and Evangelist for Viv Labs, the platform behind Samsung’s Bixby 2. We talked about our growth as humans in learning how to talk to and converse with devices, the benefit voice technology has in assisting those with disabilities, contextual awareness, its ubiquitous possibilities, and the diversity and inclusion opportunities that voice holds for us all.Prior to Viv Labs, Roger founded both a voice product startup and a voice consulting firm. Prior to that, Roger spent many years leading Omnichannel technology strategy for Gap Inc and he has many years of technology consulting experience. Roger has a degree from UC Berkeley - Go Bears!For inquiries on sonic branding development or consultations, you can find me at Dreamr Productions, Linkedin and Facebook.  You can also email me at jeanna@dreamrproductions.com. Sound In Marketing is now a course!  I’m launching a course on “Sound’s Power and Influence in Marketing” in early 2021 where we’ll be discussing what sound is and where it came from, the origins of advertising, advertising today and predictions for the future, sound’s role in decision making and buying power, and how our brains process sounds to create choice and reaction.  This is the first of a series of courses that will focus on “The Fundamentals of Sound In Marketing”.To sign up for early details, go to www.soundinmarketing.com or follow me on all the socials.For more of the Sound In Marketing Podcast, don’t forget to follow, subscribe and share.  You can find us on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and Stitcher.This episode was produced by Dreamr Productions and hosted, written, and edited by me, Jeanna Isham.  Let’s make this world of sound more intriguing, more unique, and more and more on brand.

In this episode Roger Kibbe, Senior Developer and Evangelist for Viv Labs, and I discussed how Viv Labs technology is the “brain” behind Bixby, how Samsung is working to enable the world to build the best voice assistant through 3rd party developers, what makes Bixby different than the rest, contextual awareness, and cognitive bias. Prior to Viv Labs, Roger founded both a voice product startup and a voice consulting firm. Prior to that, Roger spent many years leading Omnichannel technology strategy for Gap Inc and he has many years of technology consulting experience. Roger has a degree from UC Berkeley - Go Bears!For inquiries on sonic branding development or consultations, you can find me at Dreamr Productions, Linkedin and Facebook.  You can also email me at jeanna@dreamrproductions.com. Sound In Marketing is now a course!  I’m launching a course on “Sound’s Power and Influence in Marketing” in early 2021 where we’ll be discussing what sound is and where it came from, the origins of advertising, advertising today and predictions for the future, sound’s role in decision making and buying power, and how our brains process sounds to create choice and reaction.  This is the first of a series of courses that will focus on “The Fundamentals of Sound In Marketing”.To sign up for early details, go to www.soundinmarketing.com or follow me on all the socials.For more of the Sound In Marketing Podcast, don’t forget to follow, subscribe and share.  You can find us on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and Stitcher.This episode was produced by Dreamr Productions and hosted, written, and edited by me, Jeanna Isham.  Let’s make this world of sound more intriguing, more unique, and more and more on brand.

Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Evan Korth. Evan Korth has worn many hats as an active member of NYC’s academic and innovation communities since ’99 — computer science professor, developer, investor, advisor, founder, expert witness, researcher, board member, coach and mentor.Evan also advises Flybridge Capital and sits on the NYU Innovation Venture Fund’s investment committee. Evan’s work in helping his students find opportunities at startups in early 2000’s led him to cofound his first non-profit, HackNY, to help federate the next generation of hackers for the New York City innovation community. After helping the Bloomberg administration create NYC’s first two software engineering high schools, Fred Wilson and Evan co-founded CSNYC in order to ensure all 1.1 million NYC public school students have an opportunity to study computer science. In September 2015, Mayor Deblasio announced a $81mm public private partnership with CSNYC to meet its mission within ten years.Today, Evan serves on the boards of hackNY, CSNYC and GirlsWhoCode.If you are enjoying our content please leave us a rating and review or consider supporting usQuotes“When I was offered an opportunity to teach a course in 1999 at NYU I thought, wow, what an opportunity to get over my fear of public speaking. I get to talk about something I know really well so I’d have the confidence to speak about it to undergraduates who wanted that knowledge.”“We threw the first college hackathon as far as we know in April 2010. Then we started a summer fellowship program where we got the best hackers we could across the country, brought them to New York for the summer, and put them up in NYU dorms. They interned at different startups during the day and we had an educational program for them at night.”—Evan KorthKey MilestonesWhy did Evan choose to get a degree in Accounting?What was it like working as a sports agent?What inspired Evan to leave Bruce Levy after 8 years?How did Evan become a computer science professor?Evan founded two non-profits, HackNY and the NYC Foundation for Computer Science Education. What drew Evan to nonprofits?Additional ResourcesPrevious episodes mentioned:Adam Cheyer – Co-Founder of Siri, Viv Labs, and Change.org #67Andrew Montalenti – From Morgan Stanley to Founding Parse.ly #92You can find more resources in the show notesTo learn more about our podcast go to https://develomentor.com/To listen to previous episodes go to https://develomentor.com/blog/Connect with Evan KorthLinkedInhttps://cs.nyu.edu/~korth/ekorth@gmail.comConnect with Grant IngersollLinkedInTwitterSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/develomentor)

Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Zhenya AntićZhenya Antić is an AI consultant in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP). She helps businesses transform their textual data to extract meaningful insights from it, improve their process, cut costs and increase productivity by automating their text processing. (Freelance NLP Consultant)Zhenya's background is in Computer Science (BS from MIT) and Linguistics (PhD from UC Berkeley). She also working on many NLP projects at FactSet, a large financial software company, and as a consultant for companies of all sizes. If you are enjoying our content, click here to support us!Episode Summary"Linguistics is the theoretical exploration of language and how it works. So you have syntax, mythology, phonology. There is the study of language acquisition and bilingualism. You can study pragmatics and how language is used. You can study how different factors affect language like gender or race.""I had a child and I thought 'what can I do that does not involve commuting to NYC every day?' Someone suggested ‘why don’t you start an NLP blog?’. I said ‘yeah that sounds nice’. It took a a few hours each week to post these blog posts. Then I tried to apply for an NLP job on Upwork which sounded very interesting. They took me on board and that was my first client.""I have 5 kids. I work 4 days and 1 day I’m with the kids. I’m very lucky that I can both work and be with my kids. I do what I love and when I don’t have too much work, I work on my own projects with neural networks."—Zhenya AntićKey MilestonesHow did Zhenya first become interested in linguistics?What was it like getting a PhD in linguistics and when did Zhenya discover that academia wasn't for her? Natural language processing (NLP) is at the intersection of linguistics and computer science. How hard was it to transition from academia to NLP research?Consulting is often feast or famine. Some months there is more work than you have time, other months, more time than work. What does being a consultant look like on the day to dayWhat are some practical tips for someone looking to go on their own in consulting?Additional Resources'Linguistics War' between Lakoff and Chomsky - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics_warsAdam Cheyer – Co-Founder of Siri, Viv Labs, and Change.org #67Learn more about Zhenya and what she offers as an NLP consultant - https://www.practicallinguist.com/You can find more resources in the show notesTo learn more about our podcast go to https://develomentor.com/To listen to previous episodes go to https://develomentor.com/blog/Connect with Zhenya AntićLinkedInWebsiteFollow DevelomentorTwitter: @develomentorConnect with Grant IngersollLinkedInTwitter

Show Notes:In this episode, we talk with voice legend, Adam Cheyer. Adam was the co-founder of Siri, Viv Labs, Change.org, and Sentient Technologies.We first talk about Change.org, how and why it was founded, and why this platform is an enabler for the social justice movements of today.Adam talks about his early work at SRI and how this lead to his vision for what an assistant can be. We talk about how Adam took the purely academic work at SRI and brought it to the masses with SiriAdam gives us a history of Siri, from its founding, to venture capital, to launching an app and the fateful phone call from Steve Jobs which eventually lead to Apple acquiring Siri.Adam discusses leaving Apple to further his vision and founding Viv Labs. He discusses how Viv Labs technology was focused on going beyond Siri and opening up the assistant to 3rd party development. We talk about the unique Viv Labs AI which uses AI to dynamically generate programs for developers. We discuss how this can be opened up to democratize development and let anyone create a unique assistant experience.Adam talks about Samsung's acquisition of Viv Labs and the Samsung vision for what an assistant can be.Finally, we talk about where assistants are today and where they can go to start achieving and fulfilling Adam's vision.Links from the show:Siri - Back to the Future Talk - https://youtu.be/UBHgj9TuHXMOpen Agent Architecture - http://www.ai.sri.com/~oaa/Demo of Viv Labs Tech - https://youtu.be/MI07aeZqecoSRI International - https://www.sri.com/Siri - Demo of original: https://youtu.be/MpjpVAB06O4Sentient - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentient_TechnologiesChange.org - https://www.change.org/Viv Labs - http://viv.ai/Adam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/acheyerAdam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcheyer/All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes available at:bixbydev.buzzsprout.com/Guests: Adam CheyerAdam Cheyer is the Co-founder and VP Engineering at Viv Labs and a Vice President of R&D at Samsung. Adam co-founded Viv Labs, Change.org, Sentient and SiriHost:Roger Kibbe (@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Viv Labs/SamsungMore about BixbySamsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopersBixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopersBixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopersBixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/Support the show (https://www.bixbydevelopers.com)

Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Adam Cheyer.Adam Cheyer is an inventor, entrepreneur, engineering executive, and a pioneer in AI and computer human interfaces.Adam has been a co-founder or founding member of four successful startups, including Siri (sold to Apple, where he led server-side engineering and AI for the Siri assistant). Change.org (the world’s largest petition platform), Viv Labs (sold to Samsung, where as VP R&D, Adam leads product engineering and developer relations for Samsung’s voice assistant), Sentient (massively distributed machine learning).Previously, Adam was VP Engineering at Verticalnet (enterprise software) and Dejima (mobile software). Adam also spent more than a decade at SRI International, where his most recent role was as Chief Architect of CALO/PAL, the US government’s largest funded AI project.Adam has authored more than 60 publications and 37 patents. He graduated with highest honors from Brandeis University and received the “Outstanding Masters Student” award from UCLA’s School of Engineering.If you are enjoying our content, click here to support us!Episode Summary“I started 3 companies at the same time. Siri was my day job. I started a company called Sentient, that was my night job. And change.org was my side side project.”“After 2 years, Apple saw Siri. Steve Jobs called our office, unannounced, after we launched a free app in the app store.”“Timing is super important. I was doing Siri – like systems since 1993. Literally exactly half my life. If I tried to launch it as a company any sooner or later, it would not have had the success that it did.”“I thought that social networking would take off. And that led directly to our work at Change.org.”—Adam CheyerKey MilestonesWhat was it like studying computer science in the early 1980’s? Adam was told he couldn’t join his school’s computer club. This made him him angry and curious. How does Adam predict which technologies will be important in the future? He created a model called trends and triggers that he uses to organize his own thinking. Siri was partially created to give other phone manufacturers a shot at taking down Apple. How did Apple end up acquiring Siri? What was it like receiving a phone call from Steve Jobs unannounced?Change.org is a massively influential petition platform. Yet, Adam views it as a side project. Why is this?Additional ResourcesBixby Developers is a conversational assistant marketplace. Its part of Samsung. Learn more about it – https://bixbydevelopers.com/You can find more resources in the show notesTo learn more about our podcast go to https://develomentor.com/To listen to previous episodes go to https://develomentor.com/blog/CONNECT WITH ADAM CHEYERLinkedInTwitterWebsiteFOLLOW DEVELOMENTORTwitter: @develomentorCONNECT WITH GRANT INGERSOLLLinkedInTwitter

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Adam Cheyer. He is an inventor, entrepreneur, engineering executive, and a pioneer in AI and computer-human interfaces. He has been a co-founder of successful startups, including Siri (sold to Apple), Viv Labs (sold to Samsung), and Sentient. He is also the founding member of Change.org, the world's largest petition platform. Adam has authored more than 60 publications and 37 patents and he is also a magician.In this episode;1-) Exits2-) The four assets that the founding team must have.3-) Formula to scale the A-plus team.4-) Things to prove before fundraising.Founder's FAQ is a book for founders and you can pre-order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

This episode is a little different, we turn the "microphone around" so to speak and interview the Viv Labs Bixby evangelism team.The Viv Labs Developer Evangelists (Advocates) are responsible for introducing Bixby to and supporting ongoing Bixby development for developers, designers and organizations. You may have seen John, Jonathan or Roger at conferences, seen and heard them in videos or followed them on Twitter. But what are their backgrounds? Where did they work? What brought them to voice? What do they see in the future for voice?Or perhaps you are interested in what developer evangelism/advocates do? What makes a good evangelist? What types of backgrounds do evangelists have?All this and more on this episode of the Bixby Developers Chat.John Alioto is the Chief Developer Evangelist for Bixby - listen to what he has to say about evangelism. what works, what doesn't and how to spot an up and coming evangelistJonathan Pan is a developer evangelist for Bixby. Listen to hear about Jon's 180 degree career turn and how a coding bootcamp lead him to evangelismRoger Kibbe is a senior developer evangelist for Bixby. What is a psychology major doing in developer evangelism? Listen to find outKeeping in touch with the evangelists:John Alioto:Twitter @jpaliotoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-p-alioto-83655a5/Jonathan PanTwitter: @JohnWithoutTheHLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmpan/Roger KibbeTwitter: @rogerkibbeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe/All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes available at:bixbydev.buzzsprout.com/Guests: John Alioto, Jonathan Pan, and Roger KibbeJohn, Jonathan and Roger are the Viv Labs Developer Evangelism teamHost:Roger Kibbe (@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Viv Labs/SamsungMore about BixbySamsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopersBixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopersBixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopersBixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/Support the show (https://www.bixbydevelopers.com)

In this episode, Teri shares a recording of his recent webinar where Roger Kibbe spoke about the different types of skills that we can potentially use with our Echo devices.Enjoy!Roger is the Senior Developer Evangelist at Viv Labs which develops the conversational AI technology that powers Samsung Bixby. He has been working in tech for over 20 years as a consultant, technical architect and strategist, and founder of a voice startup. A big-picture thinker and achiever, Roger is passionate about using technology as an enabler of great people experiences. An accomplished speaker and a proven thought-leader, He enjoys sharing his fountain of knowledge with others and has presented at some of the most prominent voice and AI conferences in America, including Voice Summit, Project Voice, Samsung SDC, Dreamforce and VMWorld.Teri hosted the webinar on March 25th, and it was all about voice technology and the Coronavirus, and how we can use this technology to help us in what we are experiencing today. He had several speakers and Roger spoke about voice assistants, mental health, and pandemics, and how we can use various types of skills to help with the sense of loneliness, isolation, and some mental health issues that are already cropping up because people are isolated.The Coronavirus and How Voice Can HelpThere has been a rise in different mental health issues because of the isolation people have been under and Roger has been looking into how we can use the voice assistants in our homes and smartphones to help with this. Some of the way include:Social ConnectionThe first benefit of voice assistants is that they can help people connect through both voice and video calls. Smart speakers are better conference call tools than our phones, and with video calling, for example, when one person has a smart speaker with a screen, another person can video call them with their smart speaker by saying, “Alexa, call [That Person’s Name]”ExercisingExercising during this time can help in a big way with maintaining good mental health while in isolation and there are several voice experiences on different voice assistants that one can use to help with exercising. Roger uses the “7-Minute Workout” experience on Alexa.MeditationThere are meditation tools that can help one relax and take things easy in the midst of the distressing times we are in now. Voice assistants can teach someone how to meditate or give one guided meditation lessons. They include Headspace Meditation on Alexa and Google, Mindless Meditation on Bixby, Calm Meditation on Google Assistant, and Guided Meditation on Alexa.SleepSleeping better is also critical at this time, and there are several ambient sound skills, capsules, and actions that are available to help people sleep. They include Sleep Sounds and Healing.FM.Entertainment and GamesAnother way to stay sane during isolation is through family games and there are several great multi-player voice experiences (games) for families to play. They include Word Tennis on Alexa, Song Quiz by Volly, Would You Rather? and Trivial Pursuit on Alexa.Voice assistants can keep people entertained from the confines of their homes through skills like Escape the Room (The voice version of an escape room), Feel the Pressure, The Vortex, Tempers Rising, and Question of the Day.LearningWith all the time that we have on our hands due to the isolation, we can take that time to learn new things, and there are skills like Make Me Smart on Alexa and Learn Something Radio. Kids can use learning experiences like 1-2-3 Math, Kid’s Quiz, Bamboo, STEM Party, and Kid’s Court.CookingPeople are having to home cook meals a lot more now that they’re in isolation and there are skills that can help people cook much more easily.List of resources mentioned in this episodeThe Comprehensive Flash Briefing Formula Course7-Minute Workout (Alexa)5 Minute Plank (Google Assistant)Senior Squat Workout (Alexa)Senior Workout (Bixby)Freeze Dance (Alexa)Freeze Dance (Bixby)Animal Workout on AlexaHeadspace (Alexa)Calm Meditation (Google Assistant)Guided Meditations (Alexa)Sleep Sounds (Alexa)Healing.FMWord Tennis on AlexaSong Quiz by Volley (Alexa and Google)Would You Rather? (Alexa)Trivial Pursuit (Alexa)Make Me Smart (Alexa)1-2-3 Math (Alexa)Kid’s Quiz! (Alexa)Bamboo Math (Alexa)STEM Party (Alexa)Kid’s Court (Alexa)Escape the Room (Alexa)Feel the Pressure (Alexa)The Vortex (Alexa)Question of the Day (Alexa)Roger on TwitterRoger on LinkedinOther useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.ca See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a time-limited preview. To hear the full episode, and access the full catalogue of episodes and bonus content, become a Voice Tech Pro Bixby 2, Samsung’s new voice assistant, is poised to become a major player in the voice ecosystem. With 500m devices sold each year, it represents an enormous opportunity for voice developers. Bixby’s Lead Developer Evangelist, Roger Kibbe, introduces us to the new product and what it means for developers, users, and the frontier of voice.In this episode, Roger talks about the coming paradigm shift voice presents in the way we will interact with our devices. He gets into what using Bixby will be like, including how their team have incorporated multimodality, and what that might look like while watching TV or booking a hotel. We take a deep dive into the development side of Bixby too, and Roger gives us some compelling reasons for why developers should get familiar with their IDE right away. He speaks about what it’s like to code on it, focusing on its revolutionary declarative development paradigm, and also touching on building concepts and actions. We hear about the genius AI behind its use of templates to refine searches and access spreadsheets, and its smart use of categories for third party apps, to deliver the best possible experience.In our bonus questions (for Voice Tech Pros only), Roger tells us his background story, and shares his advice for budding voice developers. This is an in-depth interview that gets into a range of exciting topics, making for an unmissable episode.HighlightsAvailable at http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcast-ep061Quotes from the show[26:54] There are about 700 capsules right now enabled on Bixby[37:23] The very first developers that got in there became really well known[41:17] In the Bixby IDE you can develop, do NLU modeling, debugging, and there is a simulator.[51:43] Voice-enabling a spreadsheet lets you build a bunch of interesting ideas[1:05:12] I’ve wanted to find technology that empowers people and then gets out of the wayLinks to clickVoice of the Car Summit

Welcome back to What’s NEXT, the podcast exploring the technology of the future. This is the first of a series of conversations from the 2019 Samsung Developer Conference, where we showcased new technologies that will allow developers to unlock the full power of Samsung products.In this episode, Samsung NEXT’s Yuval Greenfield talks with Dr. Larry Heck, CEO of Viv Labs and Head of Bixby North America at Samsung, about the future of virtual assistants, challenges in advancing voice recognition software, and the next steps for making AI smarter.

Samsung Bixby is a leader in the voice world. Roger Kibbe, the Senior Developer Evangelist of “Viv” Labs talks on this episode with Keri Roberts about what makes Samsung unique amongst its competitors, the new things recently launched including Bixby Views, Natural Language Categories, and Bixby Templates, plus how to get involved in Bixby Devjam. Learn more about Bixby here: www.bixbydevelopers.com Enter the Bixby DevJam Contest with $125K in prizes including a $10K grand prize here: www.bixbydevjam.com Roger Kibbe's info Contact Roger on Twitter or Linkedin Be a part of VOICE Summit 2020 by submitting your proposal to speak here by January 31, 2020!

Dr. Larry Heck is CEO of Viv Labs and a Senior Vice President at Samsung. In that role, he oversees all things Bixby. Prior to his work with Bixby, Larry served as head of Samsung's Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Center. He has a deep background and distinguished career in both voice and AI technologies. Prior to Samsung, he was a Research Director at Google leading the Deep Dialogue project. Earlier in his career, he was chief scientist for Microsoft Speech, a Vice President of R&D at Nuance, and a Senior Research Engineer at SRI International. Larry earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Texas Tech and his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. 

Adam Cheyer Co-Founder at Viv Labs and VP , R&D at Samsung Mobile is interviewed in this episode. Follow Adam on Instagram at Ask Adam Torres for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to become a featured co-author in one of Adam's upcoming books: https://www.moneymatterstoptips.com/coauthor --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/moneymatters/support

Adam Cheyer is co-founder and VP of Engineering of Viv Labs and Vice President of R&D at Samsung. He is also a founding member of Change.org and Sentient. Previously, he was co-founder and VP of Engineering at Siri and a director of engineering at Apple. Earlier in his career, Adam held executive roles at SRI International in the computer-human interaction center and the artificial intelligence center. He earned an undergraduate computer science degree from Brandeis and an MS in computer science from UCLA. He is a pioneer in the world of voice assistants building his first over 25 years ago. Here is my interview with Adam onsite at Voice 19. 

My guest today is a genius that is changing the paradigm of the world we live in. I don't use those words lightly. He is the Co-Founder of Siri, the digital assistant that's in every Apple device. He is a founding member of Change.org, a community of over 200 million members who fight for what's right by shining a spotlight on important issues around the world. He is also a founding member of Sentient, the worlds most well funded artificial intelligence company. He is currently working as the Co-Founder of Viv Labs, developing Bixby, Samsung's digital assistant. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, and holds 26 patents. Talking with Adam was an incredible experience. He is one of the few people who has changed the world in a measurable way. His story about Steve Jobs calling him up and offering to buy his company is amazing. He talks about how he managed his time while starting 3 companies simultaneously, how to develop a mental model to predict the future, and his current digital assistant, which the rest of us won't have access to for several years. If you listen to one part, listen to the last 10 minutes, where he talks about the key to his success--verbally stated goals. Below are the topics we discussed along with timestamps:Origin of Siri (min. 02:45)How to know when you can commercialize a passion (min. 06:15)Developing a mental model of the future (min. 10:30)How social media has helped us (min. 15:00)Working with Steve Jobs (min. 17:00) The Apple culture (min. 24:00)Seeing Siri everywhere now (min 27:00)Future of digital assistants (min 30:30)Developing Bixby for billions of devices (min. 34:00)Balancing security with function (min. 37:15)His personal super-assistant (min. 38:30)Founding Sentient, the worlds most well funded AI company (min. 41:45)Using Sentient computing to find the perfect shoe (min. 46:15)Amazing time management skills (min. 48:30)His key to success--verbally stated goals (min. 53:15)Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode! I've also started a monthly newsletter where I send out a few useful or insightful things that have helped me over the last month. You can sign up by clicking here or going to:https://www.professionalsplaybook.com/newsletter Instagram-- @justinfighterpilotFacebook--@justinfighterpilot

Marco Iacono is COO at Viv Labs and a VP of mobile R&D at Samsung. Viv Labs is the Samsung acquisition that gave us Bixby 2.0 that was introduced last summer with the Galaxy Note 9 Launch. Marco was previously the engineering project manager for Siri at Apple for iOS, CarPlay, and Apple Watch. Earlier in his career, Marco worked at PwC and he started off out of school as a Java Engineer at Dulcian. Marco earned a BS in Computer Science from Syracuse University where he is currently a member of the advisory board for the Dept of Electrical Engineering. He is the only person that has served in product leadership for the launch of two of the five leading consumer voice assistants in the market today. Marco discusses voice assistant design, launch, and where we are headed. 

Adam Cheyer is a co-founder of Siri and Viv. He is the technical leader and visionary behind the original Siri on the iPhone 4s and Bixby 2.0 which rolled out this year on Samsung's Galaxy Note 9. I caught up with Adam at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco shortly after he presented an overview of Bixby's new IDE for developers. We go back to the first digital assistant he developed while at Stanford Research Institute in the 1990's and trace a 25-year path culminating this week in Bixby 2.0's official launch. Cheyer is currently a VP of Engineering of Viv Labs and Vice President of R&D at Samsung. He is also a founding member of Change.org and Sentient. Earlier in his career, Adam held executive roles at SRI International in the computer-human interaction center and the artificial intelligence center. He earned an undergraduate computer science degree from Brandeis and an M.S. in computer science from UCLA. He is a true pioneer in the fields of artificial intelligence, voice, and virtual assistants. 

If you have an iPhone, you know Adam Cheyer's work. He was the Co-Founder of Siri, Inc. He's now the Co-Founder and VP of Engineering at Viv Labs.Their mission is to: Radically simplify the world by providing an intelligent interface for everything.He's also one of the founders of Sentient Technologies, which was founded in 2007 and has generated over $143 million in funding since its inception.In this conversation, we talked about having a vision for what you prioritize most (he has goals for his self, for the world, and financially). He thinks "at scale." For example, Change.org was inspired by his "for the world” goal.We talked about the inception of Siri, and where machine learning is headed next, and debated if it's good or bad for the future.We also discussed how he creates and approaches seemingly insurmountable challenges and achieves them.Oh -- and Adam is an author of 60 publications and 26 patents.Also, there are so many pearls of wisdom that are shared in these conversations. If you're looking for bite-sized gems, download the podcast - Minutes on Mastery.

Johan är sist på bollen och har äntligen testat Chromecast till panelens förtjusning, som fortsätter att dela med sig av sina respektive TV-setups. Det diskuteras Samsungs bakslag på telefonfronten å ena sidan och dess uppköp av företaget bakom Siri å andra sidan. Förutom att Johan tar en fishie och att vi bjuds på TV-serietips så lanseras också den stora lyssnarundersökningen. Gör din röst hörd - för en bättre och mer relevant show! Veckans ämnen Johan tar en fishie! Google Chromecast (affiliate-länk) Urbanears Hellas (affiliate-länk) Samsung Galaxy Note 7 är död Vår stora lyssnarundersökning! Samsung köper Viv Labs - företaget bakom Siri Podcasttips: Fulkultur Hound Voice Assist Våra TV-setups Google Chromecast (affiliate-länk) Plex Apple TV (affiliate-länk) Synology NAS Hue Bloom (affiliate-länk) TV-serietips The Night Of Westworld Sony Playstation VR (affiliate-länk) En podd om teknik Hemsida Skicka feedback En chatt om teknik Donera Köp snygga t-shirts med EPOT-tryck Om oss Social media En podd om teknik på Twitter En podd om teknik på Facebook Jezper på Twitter Johan på Twitter Magnus på Twitter Tommie på Twitter

Samsung announced this week about its decision to acquire Viv Labs founded by Siri creators, to accelerate its development in artificial intelligence. With Viv’s advantages over Apple’s Siri and other voice control assistants, Samsung will increase its global competitiveness in connected home and drive greater synergies between its electronics and appliances business.          

Today Brian and Mike discussed the news of Viv Labs launching publicly and the representative revolution in AI this represents. The core of the discussion stems from the ideas of exformation (information subconsciously filtered out to give you a seamless perception of reality) originally presented in our interview of Tor Nørretranders. We use these building blocks and the history of basic human communication and technological progress to draw predictions on the future of how tech will creep up on us and change our everyday lives.

On episode 313, we first talk to Adam Cheyer, the creator of Siri. He shares the story of Siri's success with Apple and what he's working on now. Next, the former CEO of Charles Schwab shows us how to lead breakthrough change against any odds. The following guest describes small business owners as scared, selfish & stupid and he doesn't mean it as an insult. Finally, learn how you can save money by preventing the spread of germs in your office.Adam Cheyer is the former co-founder and VP Engineering of Siri Inc., and, after Apple acquired the company, he was Director of Engineering in Apple's iOS group.  Adam is now co-founder and VP Engineering at Viv Labs.David S. Pottruck is the former president and CEO of Charles Schwab. He is now the chairman of HighTower Advisors and CorpU and is the author of the NYTimes bestseller  “Stacking the Deck: How to Lead Breakthrough Change Against Any Odds”.Dan Gregory is a researcher and strategist, that specializes in behaviors and belief systems. He is the co-author of the recently released book Selfish, Scared & Stupid.Alex Wemple is the Regional Director of Illinois for Open works - a leading national commercial cleaning company. Alex brings over six years of experience in market growth, team development, and customer oriented services. Sponsored by Sage and Nextiva.