Google's New Voice Bot Sounds, Um, Maybe Too Real
Google's New Voice Bot Sounds, Um, Maybe Too Real Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images On the first day of Google's annual conference for developers, the company showed off a robot with a voice so convincingly human that it was able to call a salon and book a haircut – never revealing that it wasn't a real person making the call. Sponsor Message The new technology is called Duplex, and its aim is to carry out natural-sounding conversations so that Google's virtual assistant can accomplish tasks over the phone on users' behalf. In a blog post describing the technology, Google says Duplex "is capable of carrying out sophisticated conversations and it completes the majority of its tasks fully autonomously, without human involvement." "Google Assistant making calls pretending to be human not only without disclosing that it's a bot, but adding 'ummm' and 'aaah' to deceive the human on the other end with the room cheering it.
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