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Tag: digital assistants

  • Slashdot: Walmart Prepares for a Future Where AI Shops for Consumers

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/16/2138230/walmart-prepares-for-a-future-where-ai-shops-for-consumers Source: Slashdot Title: Walmart Prepares for a Future Where AI Shops for Consumers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Walmart’s advancements in developing AI agents for autonomous shopping, aiming to lead in agentic commerce alongside competitors like Visa and PayPal. It highlights a significant shift in consumer…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/delaying-personalized-siri/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features Feedly Summary: Apple Is Delaying the ‘More Personalized Siri’ Apple Intelligence Features Apple told John Gruber (and other Apple press) this about the new “personalized" Siri: It’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver…

  • Hacker News: Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice

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    Source URL: https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo Source: Hacker News Title: Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements in conversational AI, particularly the development of a Conversational Speech Model (CSM) that aims to enhance the emotional and contextual nuances of machine-generated speech, making it more human-like…

  • Hacker News: Pushing the Frontiers of Audio Generation

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    Source URL: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/pushing-the-frontiers-of-audio-generation/ Source: Hacker News Title: Pushing the Frontiers of Audio Generation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text elaborates on significant advancements in speech generation technologies developed by Google, which enhance interactions with digital assistants and AI tools through natural dialogue and audio output. The innovations revolve around multi-speaker…