This Week In Voice (Season 7, Episode 10)

This Week In Voice

Season 7, Episode 10

Guests: Noelle Silver (IBM), Mike Pappas (Modulate.ai), Alex Bordanova (Voicemod), Alya Yacoubi (Zaion)

Stories:

1a) The Latest Details On The Amazon Layoffs And The Impact On Alexa (Voicebot.ai) https://voicebot.ai/2022/11/15/the-latest-details-on-the-amazon-layoffs-and-the-impact-on-alexa/

1b) Alexa, Cut Costs! Amazon Begins Layoffs At Devices, Services Units (NY Post) https://nypost.com/2022/11/16/amazon-cutting-jobs-at-devices-services-units/

2) Digital Banking Didn't Kill Bank Branches - But Chatbots Will (Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronshevlin/2022/11/14/digital-banking-didnt-kill-bank-branches-but-chatbots-will/?sh=7bcbf602c7f3

3) Why Salesforce Is Betting On Generative AI For Conversational Workflows (VentureBeat) https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-salesforce-is-betting-on-generative-ai-for-conversational-workflows/

4) Say Hello To Abena, A Local Voice Assistant By A Ghanaian Aiming To Rival Siri, Others (Face 2 Face Africa) https://face2faceafrica.com/article/say-hello-to-abena-a-local-voice-assistant-by-a-ghanaian-aiming-to-rival-siri-others