Google’s most exciting and controversial announcement during I/O this year was Google Duplex. It’s basically a sophisticated evolution of Google Assistant that allows users to make reservations and ...

The conversation seems mundane. At least, at first. In a building called the Partnerplex on Google's sprawling campus in Mountain View, California, I've been invited to hear a 51-second phone ...

Among updates about new features coming to Android P, a new direction for Android Wear, and improved image recognition in Google Lens, the thing that really stole the show at Google I/O 2018 was ...

The fascinating demonstration at the company’s developer conference illustrated how the Assistant can make a call on behalf of a user to help them book an appointment. It does this using a ...

Google’s Duplex may well change the concept of a digital assistant forever. Gone are the days when a digital assistant could really only help you with the weather and searching the web. Google Duplex ...

“Duplex” is Google’s umbrella term for technologies that can handle tedious, multistep tasks on your behalf. The phone version was the most well-known application of this technology, and Google is now ...

Google's new "Duplex" AI technology has started a debate. It was announced this week during the company's annual I/O developer conference, with the audience loudly applauding as the realistic ...

Google Assistant will be able to make actual phone calls for Pixel users, rolling out on a city-by-city basis Google Assistant will be able to make actual phone calls for Pixel users, rolling out on a ...

At today’s Search On event, Google provided an update on the state of Duplex. This includes how the conversational technology has been deployed amidst the pandemic and work on shopping and ordering ...

NEW YORK – In a bid to quell concerns about the new technology – and prove that it can work – Google showed journalists in restaurants in New York and California how its Duplex artificial intelligence ...

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