Items tagged with duplex

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Mar 06, 2019

Google Duplex AI Expands Reservation Service To 43 States, Non-Pixel Support Incoming

Google initially shocked and amazed us all with its dazzling Google Duplex AI at last year's I/O conference. The demos highlighting surprisingly life-like interactions between a "synthetic" caller and human reservation taker on the other end of the line for booking things like a hair appointment or dinner... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 10, 2018

First Look At Google's Pixel 3 Duplex And AI Call Screening That Crushes Telemarketers

Is there anything more annoying than receiving a junk call? Well sure—mosquitoes come to mind, and being hit with a higher than expected tax bill is a major bummer. Still, spam calls rank right up there among life's many annoyances, and the situation only seems to be getting worse. Google aims to help, however, as... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Sat, May 12, 2018

Humanoid Google Duplex AI Sparks Ethics Debate, Will Now Identify Itself On Calls

Much has been made about Google's recent demonstration of Duplex, basically an advanced and realistic sounding chatbot that is capable of impersonating a real assistant by calling places like hair salons and booking appointments for the user. To the person on the other end of the line, it sounds like they're talking... Read more...