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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
WIRED
How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance—Easy
WIRED
3 min read · 2020-05-18 · 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…
Raconteur
A day in the life of AI
Raconteur
1 min read · 2020-12-13 · From chatbots and digital assistants to facial recognition or...
HackerNoon
Ultimate Guide to Voice Assistants
HackerNoon
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…
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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.
TNW
Voice assistants will soon get all up in your shopping and binge-watching
TNW
5 min read · Jan 14th · In the coming years, we'll see the advent of new applications for voice assistants that will greatly exceed what's possible today.
Stacey Higginbotham
Why are fewer people chatting with Alexa?
Stacey Higginbotham
4 min read · 2021-12-29 · Smart speakers with voice assistants have accomplished one key goal. At a low cost, consumers were able to bring some smarts into their homes on the cheap. And that has led to a surge in the sales of…
WIRED
The Future of Digital Assistants Is Queer
WIRED
2 min read · 2021-11-21 · AI assistants continue to reinforce sexist stereotypes, but queering these devices could help reimagine their relationship to gender altogether.
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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.
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.
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.
Vulture
Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants
Vulture
20+ min read · 2021-04-23 · A portrait of a toxic workplace.
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.
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.
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?
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.
The Wall Street Journal
Alexa, Siri, Cortana: The Problem With All-Female Digital Assistants
The Wall Street Journal
1 min read · From 2017 · The virtual assistants popping up in our lives sound overwhelmingly female. Here’s the problem with that.
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