9 Best Articles in 2022
The New York Times
Siri, Alexa and Other Virtual Assistants Put to the Test
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2017 · Virtual assistants from tech behemoths including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google are graded on their abilities to actually be of assistance.
Reader View · Shared by 57, including Dominik Grolimund, Michelle Tandler, Chris Messina, Merkstatt, Rodrigo Franco (Caffo)
Forbes
The Seven Patterns Of AI
Forbes
6 min read · From 2019 · From autonomous vehicles, predictive analytics applications, facial recognition, to chatbots, virtual assistants, cognitive automation, and fraud detection, the use cases for AI are many.
Reader View · Shared by 302, including Ronald Schmelzer, Nicolas Babin, Francesco Corea, Mike Kunkle, Terence Mills, Ronald van Loon, Kathleen Walch, Carla Gentry, Nige Willson, Thomas Power, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Tamara McCleary, Michael Fisher, Rick King, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Yves Mulkers, Bob E. Hayes, Glen Gilmore | 🌻🥽Metaverse 🕳🐇, Angela Zutavern, Giuliano Liguori
Nielsen Norman Group
Intelligent Assistants Have Poor Usability: A User Study of Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri
Nielsen Norman Group
20+ min read · From 2018 · Both voice-only and screen-based intelligent assistants work well only for very limited, simple queries that have fairly simple, short answers.
Reader View · Shared by 40, including Andreas Bossard, AlgoCompSynth by znmeb, Fabricio Teixeira, Lluís Codina
MIT Technology Review
AI voice actors sound more human than ever—and they’re ready to hire
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · 2021-07-09 · A new wave of startups are using deep learning to build synthetic voice actors for digital assistants, video-game characters, and corporate videos.
Reader View · Shared by 183, including Nicolas Babin, Mike Tamir, PhD, John Nosta, Chris Brogan/Chief of Staff, Terence Mills, Albert Ràfols, Matt Navarra, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jordi Serrano, John Hagel, RACHELLE DENÉ POTH | @ThriveinEDU #ARVR #AI, Josep M. Ganyet
Raconteur
A day in the life of AI
Raconteur
1 min read · 2020-12-13 · From chatbots and digital assistants to facial recognition or...
Shared by 210, including Nicolas Babin, Glen Gilmore | 🌻🥽Metaverse 🕳🐇, Terence Mills, Randy Deutsch, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Harold Sinnott 📲 #SiemensAtCollision, AI, Yves Mulkers, Kirk Borne, Linda Grasso, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Helen Yu, Andreas Staub, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Michael Fisher, Ronald van Loon, ipfconline, Antonio Grasso, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA
VentureBeat
Why voice assistants could be the future of user experience
VentureBeat
7 min read · Feb 27th · The next generation of voice assistants will live inside apps and be deeply integrated with the app’s user interface and workflow.
Reader View · Shared by 45, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Wilko S. Wolters 🇩🇪🇪🇺
Fast Company
The future is ear: Why “hearables” are finally tech’s next big thing
Fast Company
~11 min read · From 2018 · The explosive growth of their AI voice assistants has Google, Apple, and Amazon racing to put your entire smartphone in an earpiece.
Reader View · Shared by 195, including Damien Van Achter, Miguel, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Anthony Hamelle, Oliver Ewinger, Esther Schindler, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️, FANZO 🧢 NFT 365, Marsha Collier, luis antónio santos, Bas Grasmayer, Chris Messina, Guy Kawasaki, Nir Eyal
WIRED
How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance—Easy
WIRED
3 min read · From 2020 · Alexa can tell you the weather. Siri knows a few jokes. In China, voice-computing company iFlytek built similar smart assistants beloved by users. But its tech is also helping the government listen…
Shared by 149, including Terence Mills, Neeraj K. Agrawal, Oliver Raduner, Thomas Power, Kirk Borne, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, 瑞拿頭, Simon Fossom, Helen Yu, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Nicolas Babin
Guardian Tech
'Alexa, are you invading my privacy?'
Guardian Tech
10 min read · From 2019 · There are more than 100m Alexa-enabled devices in our homes. But are they fun time-savers or the beginning of an Orwellian nightmare
Reader View · Shared by 165, including Brad Brooks, Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Builtvisible, Peter Schmidhuber, Sam Proud, W. David Stephenson, Merkstatt, Grzegorz Wapiński, luis antónio santos, Jochen Burkhard, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
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O.C. Register
New Lakers coach Darvin Ham keeps Phil Handy, Quentin Crawford; cuts rest of Vogel-era assistants
O.C. Register
2 min read · Jun 7th · Ham starts to shape his coaching staff by informing assistants David Fizdale, Mike Penberthy and John Lucas III that they will not be retained.
Reader View · Shared by 9
anthropocenemagazine.org
It’s time to talk about the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence
anthropocenemagazine.org
2 min read · Jun 22nd · Artificial intelligence is an increasingly important element of science, medicine, and even the minutiae of our daily lives. Chatbots, digital assistants, and movie and music recommendations from…
Reader View · Shared by 84
selfpublishingadvice.org
The Indie Authors' Ultimate Guide to Hiring Virtual Assistants
selfpublishingadvice.org
~14 min read · Jun 21st · Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors offers tips and tools for hiring and working with virtual assistants
Reader View · Shared by 6, including Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Susan Gilbert
CNN
Trump's lawyer says they left voicemails for former executive assistants in attempt to satisfy civil contempt issue
CNN
1 min read · Jun 3rd · Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said they made one phone call to most of his former executive assistants in their effort to try to contact them as part of the New York attorney general's…
Reader View · Shared by 6
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7 min read · From 2017 · It will come as no surprise to those of you reading this (thanks!), that the interest and applications of ‘Voice-Assistants’ is growing…
Reader View · Shared by 38, including David Smooke, Ben Tossell, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Steed Monteiro, Matthieu de Luze, Florian Hanke 🍎, StΞfano ₿ernardi 🌲🏴, Brian Roemmele, Chris Messina
sketch.com
Introducing Assistants — a helping hand for your designs
sketch.com
3 min read · 2020-08-12 · Assistants make collaboration easier and the design process more efficient.
Reader View · Shared by 38, including Chris Messina, Pizza 🍕, Courtney Bolton ★
O'Reilly Media
The next generation of AI assistants in enterprise
O'Reilly Media
6 min read · From 2018 · Chatbots are just the first step in the journey to achieve true AI assistants and autonomous organizations.
Reader View · Shared by 36, including krisdahn.eth, Nir Eyal, Jacob Jarnvall
The Verge
Amazon opens Alexa AI tech for the first time so car makers can build custom assistants
The Verge
3 min read · 2021-01-15 · Amazon is opening the door to custom, Alexa-based assistants.
Reader View · Shared by 35, including Stephan Woodtli, Florian Graillot
Vulture
Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants
Vulture
20+ min read · 2021-04-23 · A portrait of a toxic workplace.
Reader View · Shared by 149, including Alison Willmore, Matt Zoller Seitz, Carrie Brown, The Amyverse, Matthias Lampe, Melissa Silverstein
Moz
Will Intelligent Personal Assistants Replace Websites?
Moz
From 2016 · In the way websites once replaced phones, will intelligent personal assistants like Siri and Cortana soon replace websites? Tom Anthony examines 4 trends that are contributing to the IPA takeover and has some advice on how you can keep up.
Reader View · Shared by 30, including Marc Wieland, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Simon Wüthrich, CASSIUS, Kim Dik
CIO.com
Virtual assistants, chatbots poised for mass adoption in 2017
CIO.com
5 min read · From 2017 · Enterprises will continue to experiment with virtual assistants and chatbots in 2017 as they look to balance better customer service with operational efficiency.
Reader View · Shared by 25, including #bottish, Stephanie A Kowalski, Nir Eyal, Thomas Power, Richard MacManus
Fast Company
The world’s first genderless AI voice is here. Listen now
Fast Company
1 min read · From 2019 · Siri, Cortana, Alexa, and Google all default as women. But what if AI assistants thought beyond gender norms?
Shared by 127, including Dominik Grolimund, Kaspar Manz, Niklaus Gerber, dunschtig, Katja Evertz, Ines Bieler, Florian Hanke 🍎, Lukas Stickelberger, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️
WIRED UK
Employees Are Learning to Make Automation Work for Them
WIRED UK
2 min read · 2021-12-15 · No-code and low-code platforms allow citizen developers to create simple AI assistants—now more companies need to help out.
Reader View · Shared by 115, including Bob E. Hayes
