9 Best Articles in 2021
TechCrunch
Clubhouse voice chat leads a wave of spontaneous social apps
TechCrunch
7 min read · 208 saves · 2020-04-18 · Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That’s the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised to take advantage of our cleared schedules amidst quarantine. But they could…
The New York Times
Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop
The New York Times
5 min read · 179 saves · 2020-02-14 · Kashmir Hill · Microphones and cameras lurk everywhere. You may want to slip on some privacy armor.
Guardian Tech
'Alexa, are you invading my privacy?'
Guardian Tech
10 min read · 157 saves · 2019-10-09 · Dorian Lynskey · There are more than 100m Alexa-enabled devices in our homes. But are they fun time-savers or the beginning of an Orwellian nightmare
WIRED
How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance—Easy
WIRED
2 min read · 146 saves · 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…
The Verge
Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard
The Verge
2 min read · 139 saves · 2019-12-18 · Jacob Kastrenakes · So everything will just work with whatever smart assistant you already have.
Guardian Tech
Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' on Siri recordings
Guardian Tech
3 min read · 111 saves · 2019-07-26 · Alex Hern · Workers hear drug deals, medical details and people having sex, says whistleblower
VentureBeat
Google launches TensorFlow machine learning framework for graphical data
VentureBeat
110 saves · 2019-09-03 · Khari Johnson · Google's Neural Structured Learning is an open source framework that works with TensorFlow to train neural networks with graphical data.
Smashing Magazine
Combining Graphical And Voice Interfaces For A Better User Experience
Smashing Magazine
~13 min read · 97 saves · From 2017 · With the appearance of voice user interfaces, AI and chatbots, **what is the future of graphical user interfaces** (GUIs)? Don’t worry: Despite some dark predictions, GUIs will stay around for many years to come. Let me share my personal, humble predictions and introduce multi-modal interfaces as a more human way of communication between user and machine.
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MIT Technology Review
Amazon wants Alexa to run your life. First, it must know everything about you
MIT Technology Review
6 min read · 91 saves · 2019-11-05 · The creator of the famous voice assistant dreams of a world where Alexa is everywhere, anticipating your every need.
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The Verge
Amazon opens Alexa AI tech for the first time so car makers can build custom assistants
The Verge
2 min read · 30 saves · Jan 15th · Nick Statt · Amazon is opening the door to custom, Alexa-based assistants.
Business Insider
Amazon is developing a new Alexa-powered home device that uses radar to detect sleep apnea, sources say
Business Insider
1 min read · 10 saves · Jan 5th · Eugene Kim · It shows how Amazon is continuing to take a scattershot approach to its devices unit, as it looks to make the Alexa voice-assistant more ubiquitous.
VentureBeat
Amazon launches Alexa Custom Assistant to let brands build their own voice assistants
VentureBeat
3 min read · Jan 15th · Kyle Wiggers · With Alexa Custom Assistant, Amazon looks to woo brands with tools that enable them to create their own bespoke intelligent assistants.
