9 Best Articles in 2021
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.
MIT Sloan Management Review
Executive Assistants for Everyone
MIT Sloan Management Review
4 min read · From 2017 · Digital assistants are taking over repetitive tasks, leaving managers free to manage.
raconteur.net
A day in the life of AI
raconteur.net
1 min read · 2020-12-13 · From chatbots and digital assistants to facial recognition or...
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.
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…
Vulture
Scott Rudin, As Told by His Assistants
Vulture
20+ min read · Apr 23rd · A portrait of a toxic workplace.
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.
Recode
The future of voice assistants like Alexa and Siri isn’t just in homes — it’s in cars
Recode
2 min read · From 2019 · Voice assistants are more habit-forming in cars than on smartphones.
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MIT Technology Review
AI voice actors sound more human than ever—and they’re ready to hire
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · Jul 9th · A new wave of startups are using deep learning to build synthetic voice actors for digital assistants, video-game characters, and corporate videos.
Smashing Magazine
An Alternative Voice UI To Voice Assistants — Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine
~12 min read · Jun 18th · Voice assistants are currently the most popular use case for voice user interfaces. However, due to the bad feedback loop resulting from voice assistants can only solve simple user tasks such as…
VentureBeat
Virtual financial assistants: What’s taking so long?
VentureBeat
4 min read · Jul 12th · Virtual financial assistants will take time, and how much time depends on the path FIs choose -- build versus buy or a combination of both.
VentureBeat
Charli.ai CEO on training AI-driven personal assistants
VentureBeat
5 min read · Jul 6th · Charli.ai CEO talks with VentureBeat about the challenges and benefits of training AI-driven digital assistants.
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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.
zirtual.com
Zirtual ? US-based Virtual Assistants for Busy People.
zirtual.com
1 min read · From 2016 · Zirtual - Virtual Assistants for Busy Startups
Forbes
The Seven Patterns Of AI
Forbes
6 min read · 2019-09-17 · From autonomous vehicles, predictive analytics applications, facial recognition, to chatbots, virtual assistants, cognitive automation, and fraud detection, the use cases for AI are many.
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.
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.
Guardian Tech
'Alexa, are you invading my privacy?'
Guardian Tech
10 min read · 2019-10-09 · There are more than 100m Alexa-enabled devices in our homes. But are they fun time-savers or the beginning of an Orwellian nightmare
medicalfuturist.com
Chatbots Will Serve As Health Assistants
medicalfuturist.com
10 min read · From 2017 · Chatbots started to appear in healthcare as intelligent personal assistants for patients as well as medical professionals.
SearchEngineJournal®
33% of People Are Now Using Voice Assistants Regularly
SearchEngineJournal®
1 min read · 2019-08-15 · In a new report, eMarketer declares the use of voice assistants has reached a “critical mass.”
blog.zirtual.com
How Startups Are Using Virtual Assistants
blog.zirtual.com
~16 min read · From 2016 · We're taking a closer look at how virtual assistants can become virtual team members, and move the needle for startups in real, actionable ways.
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