ExtremeTech

Did Google Fake Its Duplex AI Demo?

A few weeks ago, at Google I/O, company CEO Sundar Pichai demoed an incredible advance in AI and voice technology. The demo involved a new AI assistant making phone calls to two businesses -- a ...
ExtremeTech

Did Google's Duplex AI Demo Just Pass the Turing Test? [Update]

Yesterday, at I/O 2018, Google showed off a new digital assistant capability that's meant to improve your life by making simple boring phone calls on your behalf. The new Google Duplex feature is ...
Digital Journal

Axios: Google may have faked the Duplex hairdresser call

In this report, Axios’ fact-checking of the Google Duplex demo raises a few questions that have yet to be answered — and it all started with a simple question about why the businesses who picked up ...
AOL

Google exec explains why its phone-calling AI won’t be evil

For the 7,000 people in the audience for Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) I/O keynote last week, the Google Duplex demo was a mind-fryer. CEO Sundar Pichai had said to his phone, “OK Google, book me a haircut ...