Foldable smartphones have been on the agenda for a long time now, with a steady stream of headlines suggesting manufacturers have something in the works, or are planning on launching something at a vague point in the future. LG is certainly one of them, and now a new trademark application may reveal the model names […]
Tag: Duplex
Google Duplex, the Human-Sounding Phone Bot, Comes to the Pixel
The bot, which speaks with uncanny speech disfluencies like “um” and “umm-hmm,” will be made available select Pixel smartphones before the end of the year. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bbbf9a9a25f0713c580d47d/master/pass/Google’s-Human-Sounding-Phone-Bot-Comes-to-the-Pixel.jpg
Gadget Lab Podcast: Why Google’s Duplex Demo Didn’t Have Everyone at Hello
This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, we discuss Google’s mind-blowing demo of artificial intelligence at its annual developers conference. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a99b6b03ea6d47cc8933f33/master/pass/FEATURED-WIRED-Gear-logo.jpg
Google: Duplex phone calling AI will identify itself
After an impressive Google I/O demo where its Duplex AI system called a restaurant and salon to set up appointments, one of the big questions concerned the ethics of the technology. The Google Assistant voice took steps to pretend to be human, inserting “umms” and “ahs” into the conversation while a person on the other […]
