An all-star duo (Cheryl Platz, Principal Engineer at Microsoft and Mark Webster, CEO and founder of Sayspring) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon Alexa randomly laughing out loud, Google's new tagline for Google Assistant ("Make Google Do It"), a new Voicebot report that 1 in 5 US adults owns a smart speaker, Cortana continuing to make strides quietly, and Blake Shelton rolls out Alexa alarms featuring his voice. This episode also features a special cameo by Benicio, the 4th grader who wrote last week's review (for The Verge) on the Amazon Echo Dot and Google Home Mini. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice, Season 2 Episode 7

This Week In Voice, the conversational AI news discussion roundtable, is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners). The show talks through the news of the week related to natural language-based AI with a who's-who of executives and leaders working with the technology.

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This Week In Voice, the conversational AI news discussion roundtable, is proud to return for its ninth season. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners), the show talks through the news of the week related to natural language-based AI with a who's-who of executives and leaders working with the technology.

Guests: Ricardo Marin (Vozy), Nieves Abalos Serrano (Monoceros Labs), Reena Gupta (Mom Relaunch / Wisdocity)

Stories for discussion:

1) A boy saw 17 doctors over 3 years for chronic pain. ChatGPT found the diagnosis (TODAY Show) https://www.today.com/health/mom-chatgpt-diagnosis-pain-rcna101843

2) Druid, a conversational AI platform that integrates with ChatGPT, raises $30M (TechCrunch) https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/12/druid-a-conversational-ai-platform-for-enterprises-that-integrates-with-chatgpt-raises-24m/

3) WWDC 2024: Is Apple on the road to Siri 2.0? (Computer World) https://www.computerworld.com/article/3706472/wwdc-2024-is-apple-on-the-road-to-siri-20.html

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Project Voice's annual conference is invitation-only in 2024 (April 22-23, Chattanooga TN), bringing together 200 conversational AI buyers (defined as decision-makers within Fortune 1000 companies investing $1M or more, over the next 12 months, into conversational AI solutions for their enterprise) all in the same room. A handful of best-in-class service providers, VCs/investors, and qualified US-based tech media will also be invited to attend.

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For information on Project Voice Capital Partners, the VC fund identifying and investing in early-stage top-tier founders and companies working with conversational AI across all industries and sectors, visit www.pvcp.vc.

This Week In Voice (Season 9, Episode 2)

This Week In Voice, the conversational AI news discussion roundtable, is proud to return for its ninth season. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners), the show talks through the news of the week related to natural language-based AI with a who's-who of executives and leaders working with the technology.

Guests: Enric Plana (CEO, M47 Labs), Norrie Daroga (President, Codebaby), Christoph Esslinger (CEO, VUI Agency), Dr. Yared Alemu (CEO, TQIntelligence)

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Stories for discussion:

1) OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Enterprise, The Company's Biggest Announcement Since ChatGPT's Debut (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/28/openai-chatgpt-enterprise-launches.html
1a) How One Elite University Is Approaching ChatGPT This School Year (MIT Technology Review) https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/04/1078932/elite-university-chatgpt-this-school-year/

2a) Trump Accused Of Using AI Or An Impersonator For Interview (NY Post) https://nypost.com/2023/09/01/trump-accused-of-using-ai-or-an-impersonator-on-real-americas-voice/
2b) AI Trump Voice Used In DeSantis Campaign Ad (WESH ABC 2) https://www.wesh.com/article/ai-trump-voice-campaign-ad/44579105

3) Dad Shocked As Five-Year-Old Son Uses Amazon Alexa To Order A Hot Tub And $1,000 In Toys (LAD Bible) https://www.ladbible.com/community/5-year-old-alexa-amazon-order-toys-hot-tub-686523-20230904

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Project Voice's annual conference is invitation-only in 2024 (April 22-23, Chattanooga TN), bringing together 200 conversational AI buyers (defined as decision-makers within Fortune 1000 companies investing $1M or more, over the next 12 months, into conversational AI solutions for their enterprise) all in the same room. A handful of best-in-class service providers, VCs/investors, and qualified US-based tech media will also be invited to attend.

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For information on Project Voice Capital Partners, the VC fund identifying and investing in early-stage top-tier founders and companies working with conversational AI across all industries and sectors, visit www.pvcp.vc.

This Week In Voice (Season 9 Premiere)

This Week In Voice
Season 8, Episode 10

Guests: Chris Pidcock (CereProc), Rob Carpenter (Valyant AI), Rob Lubow (Botcopy), Jesse Shemen (Papercup)

Stories for discussion:
1) ChatGPT bug leaked users' conversation histories (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65047304

2) The Genie Escapes: Stanford Copies The ChatGPT AI For Less Than $600 (New Atlas) https://newatlas.com/technology/stanford-alpaca-cheap-gpt/

3) Move Over DALL-E, I'm Making AI Art With Alexa On My Amazon TV (TechRadar) https://www.techradar.com/news/move-over-dall-e-im-making-ai-art-with-alexa-on-my-amazon-tv

This Week In Voice (Season 8, Episode 10)

This Week In Voice
Season 8, Episode 9

Guests: Rana Gujral (Behavioral Signals), Amy Brown (Authenticx), Amir Tsrouya (TalkSense), Lauren Koretzki (Wysa)

Stories for discussion:

1a) What's New With GPT-4: From Processing Pictures To Acing Tests (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23640047/openai-gpt-4-differences-capabilties-functions

1b) Anthropic Unveils Generative AI Chatbot Claude (Voicebot.AI) https://voicebot.ai/2023/03/14/anthropic-unveils-generative-ai-chatbot-claude/

2) How Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Lost The AI Race (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/technology/siri-alexa-google-assistant-artificial-intelligence.html

3) Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms 2023 (CX Today) https://www.cxtoday.com/speech-analytics/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-conversational-ai-platforms-2023/

This Week In Voice (Season 8, Episode 9)

This Week In Voice
Season 8, Episode 8

Guests: Greg Bennett (Salesforce), Daniel Lackland (Ai4) + Ai4 guest (Chris Morrow of Amazon); Marty Sarim (Sanas.ai), Jayaprakash Kommu (SmartBots)

Stories for discussion:

1) Chaos Inside Google As Execs Try To Figure Out How To Actually use AI (Futurism) https://futurism.com/chaos-google-execs-use-for-ai

2) Amazon: Alexa Troubles But Deeply Undervalued Intrinsically (Seeking Alpha) https://seekingalpha.com/article/4585671-amazon-amzn-alexa-troubles-but-undervalued-intrinsically

3) A New M*A*S*H Scene: Written By ChatGPT, Read By Hawkeye and BJ (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/arts/television/mash-chatgpt-alan-alda.html


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In the wake of ChatGPT's arrival, Project Voice 2023 convenes the world of conversational AI and will shatter previous attendance records.

Registration and program information can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-voice-2023-the-world-of-conversational-ai-tickets-328421215697

This Week In Voice, Season 2 Episode 7

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