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Google rolls out upgrades for Google Assistant; offers 5G support for Android Q
Google I/O, the search giant’s annual developer conference that just took place in Mountain View, California, this year, ....
Fast-learning digital assistants are finding their voice in India
N Chandrababu Naidu is currently in his fourteenth year as Andhra Pradesh’s chief minister. For the first 13 years, which ....
Microsoft releases guidelines for ‘responsible’ conversational AI
Redmond-based tech giant Microsoft has released guidelines for responsible conversational artificial intelligence (AI), the company ....
Amazon is targeting brands to power Alexa’s growth in India
Alexa, the smart voice assistant that powers Amazon’s Echo smart speakers, can check the weather, play music and even keep ....
Google Assistant will soon be able to recognise two languages at the same time
Search giant Google is set to announce that its virtual assistant has turned bilingual. While Google Assistant already supports ....
How an Indian startup stole a march over tech giants at Indic language voice game
In the small but growing world of Indian entrepreneurs, Subodh Kumar’s career trajectory may sound all too common. He graduated ....
Reboot: Founder of Facebook's first India acquisition is eyeing a second success
TechCircle presents Founders Reboot, a new fortnightly series in which we profile successful Indian entrepreneurs who have chosen ....
Now ask Google Assistant to make video calls using Duo
Google Assistant can now initiate video calls through Duo, the search giant’s video-calling and voice-calling app, after ....
Microsoft acquires AI startup Bonsai to boost deep reinforcement learning capabilities
Microsoft has acquired artificial intelligence startup Bonsai to beef up its deep reinforcement learning capabilities, the company ....
Google launches app for neighbourhood communities in India
Internet giant Google has released a new app in India called Neighbourly to connect people in the same locality. The Android ....
Google's Duplex isn't the only one — Microsoft's new AI bot can make calls too
Tech giant Microsoft has built a new artificial intelligence-based bot-cum-digital assistant that can make calls just like Google's ....
Microsoft buys AI startup to boost Cortana's conversational skills
Tech giant Microsoft has acquired a US-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) startup amid efforts to improve its virtual ....
Silent commands can be used to hack Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant
Smart devices such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant can be controlled by hidden commands ....
Pichai’s enthusiasm translates to remarkable reality as AI suffuses Google’s show, products
If you thought that Google CEO Sundar Pichai was exaggeratedly enthusiastic about artificial intelligence (AI) ....
HDFC Bank’s humanoid robot lands customer-care job in Bengaluru branch
HDFC Bank on Thursday said it has deployed a humanoid robot called IRA 2.0 (Intelligent Robotic Assistant) to guide and interact ....
Amazon wants developers to train Alexa for India to take on Google Assistant
Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant have been squaring off against each other to woo more customers across geographies. ....
Google upgrades its speech-to-text tech for natural sounding responses
In an effort to create more natural sounding responses from artificial intelligence-driven virtual assistants, Internet giant ....
You can now have a conversation in Hindi with your Android phone
You can now converse with your Android phone in Hindi after tech giant Google said on Thursday that its voice-based Google Assistant ....
Google lets other device makers customise Assistant in battle with Amazon Alexa
You can now ask Google Assistant working on a sock-separating machine to line up your drawer with different socks in separate ....
Google merges smart home unit Nest with its hardware team in bid to outgun Alexa
Alphabet Inc. has merged the team of smart home devices maker Nest with its Google hardware group in order to boost the home-automation ....
Samsung looks at artificial intelligence to overcome Note 7 debacle
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is planning to make a comeback after the massive recall of its Note 7 series—due ....