Voice Assistant Adoption Clustering Around 50% of the Population

Voicebot recently broke down the rate of device adoption comparing smart speakers with smartphones. Full Story: Voicebot.ai

AI-Generated Characters Are Here, They’re Just Not Evenly Distributed

As Jeanne Lim, CEO of Being AI suggested, there are many existing technologies (text chatbots, voice assistant services, gaming characters, digital humans,… Full Story: Forbes

Users in the US can now ask the Alexa voice assistant to ‘grow a tree’

“Alexa, grow a tree!” That is what US residents with an Alexa smart speaker will now be able to ask of their voice assistant. They will then be able to track the number of trees planted in real time from their Amazon Pay account. Full Story: The Star

Amazon Wants You To Use Alexa for Earth Day

Amazon’s voice assistant can help you celebrate Earth Day. Full Story: TheStreet

The Rise Of Voice Technology & The Puzzle Of Gender – Neutral Voice

Gender is a hot topic within AI, and rightfully so. Voice technology is one area where this is coming to the fore, with the recent push for genderless voice assistants bringing up important questions about gender and representation. Full Story: B&T