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A collection of 45 posts

How Chatbots Fail & Conversational AI Supersedes
Chatbots

How Chatbots Fail & Conversational AI Supersedes

The challenge of messaging for businesses is scale. How do we keep up with the volume of messages that our customers send over the many different messaging channels they use while simultaneously making it a positive, accurate, and quick experience?...

  • Guest Blog
    Guest Blog
12 November 2020
Using Micro-Moments to Increase Conversions
Voice Recognition

Using Micro-Moments to Increase Conversions

Although voice search is on the rise, it is still by no means the primary way that people conduct searches on PCs and mobile devices. At the moment, it just seems to be a tool that can be pretty convenient when you are in a hurry or can’t use your hands to type out a question....

  • Ellie Lucy
    Ellie Lucy
2 September 2019
The Age of AI Assistants: 25 Voice Search Statistics
Voice Recognition

The Age of AI Assistants: 25 Voice Search Statistics

Here, we’ll present you with several useful voice search statistics. Our aim is to paint a vivid picture of how voice search technology has already managed to shape our work, leisure, and everyday lives....

  • Guest Blog
    Guest Blog
21 August 2019
How Can AI Assistants Make Your Life Easier?
AI Assistants

How Can AI Assistants Make Your Life Easier?

Virtual assistants (VA), are designed to make daily life streamlined. They're able to recognize and understand natural language voice commands to help the user complete the task. So how can they transform your life?...

  • Guest Blog
    Guest Blog
16 August 2019
Is this the year of the AI Assistant? Learn from the experts in London this September
Event Highlights

Is this the year of the AI Assistant? Learn from the experts in London this September

By 2024 the global AI market will be worth $71 billion. AI assistants make up a huge portion of this, both in the form of personal devices and in business with industries such as finance, healthcare and education utilising the technologies to improve business efficiency and cut costs....

  • Ellie Lucy
    Ellie Lucy
19 July 2019
How Are AI Assistants Transforming Healthcare? Woebot Case Study
Healthcare

How Are AI Assistants Transforming Healthcare? Woebot Case Study

Woebot Labs was founded to bring mental health to the masses. The CEO, Alison Darcy, chats to us about Bias, Security and Ethically using AI....

  • Guest Blog
    Guest Blog
16 July 2019
The Sentient Home: Exploring the Potential of Artificially Intelligent Properties
Virtual Assistant Summit

The Sentient Home: Exploring the Potential of Artificially Intelligent Properties

From the suite of smart technology already dominating 2018 to the long-term potential AI can bring, we’ll be looking at the current trends, as well as what the future may hold, as...

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
27 September 2018
Is realtime chat translation possible?
Virtual Assistant Summit

Is realtime chat translation possible?

When I was about 8 years old I became overly obsessed with the idea of moving objects with my mind — just think of a mini Darth Vader version of myself. But, truth be...

  • Raquel Pereira
7 March 2018
Interview with Pararth Shah, Google
Deep Learning

Interview with Pararth Shah, Google

Last month at the AI Assistant Summit in San Francisco, we were joined by Pararth Shah, Research Engineer at Google, who we spoke with about his current work as well as AI and...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
7 February 2018
Layla El Asri on Dialogue Systems: Women in AI Podcast
Deep Learning

Layla El Asri on Dialogue Systems: Women in AI Podcast

One of the highlights of 2017 has to be the launch of our Podcast, Women in AI. We’ve spoken to leading female minds from Facebook, Sightline Innovation, McGill University, Imperial College and...

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
28 December 2017
Keeping up With Consumer Demands: Far-Field Voice Technology in AI Assistants
Deep Learning

Keeping up With Consumer Demands: Far-Field Voice Technology in AI Assistants

With the success of Amazon’s Echo and it's voice-controlled assistant Alexa, the smart speaker war is heating up to battle for the hub of home automation.Traditionally, these devices needed to be...

  • Lydie Horgan
19 December 2017
7 metrics for monitoring your chatbot’s performance
Virtual Assistant Summit

7 metrics for monitoring your chatbot’s performance

Researchers estimate that by 2020 we will speak to chatbots more than we speak to our spouses. Obviously, companies that implement chatbots are doing something right. But while there are plenty of effective...

  • Jordi Torras
13 December 2017
Yariv Adan, Google Assistant: Are we becoming reliant on AI?
Deep Learning

Yariv Adan, Google Assistant: Are we becoming reliant on AI?

Whilst Siri was the first mainstream voice assistant many of us became familiar with, there are many personal AI's coming onto the market to make our lives that little bit easier. Google Assistant...

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
15 November 2017
How Booking.com Are Using AI to Alleviate the Stress of Travel
Virtual Assistant Summit

How Booking.com Are Using AI to Alleviate the Stress of Travel

Booking a hotel can be stressful, let alone booking an entire holiday. From pricing to location, facilities and all the extras you might need how do you know where to start and how...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
1 November 2017
The Evolution of AI Assistants
Virtual Assistant Summit

The Evolution of AI Assistants

AI has been around for a surprisingly long time. In 1308 'Catalan poet and theologian Ramon Lull published Ars Generalis Ultime (The Ultimate General Art)' which proposed a method of using paper-based...

  • Lydie Horgan
26 October 2017
Does NLP have what it takes to fix voice & text recognition?
Deep Learning

Does NLP have what it takes to fix voice & text recognition?

It’s no secret that machines are getting more and more intelligent. You can converse with an AI assistant online and not even realise that you’re not speaking with an actual human...

  • Lydie Horgan
26 September 2017
Facebook, Amazon, DeepMind & More - what did you miss at the DL summit?
Deep Learning

Facebook, Amazon, DeepMind & More - what did you miss at the DL summit?

Coffee: check. Pastry: check. Experts from globally leading AI and Deep Learning projects: check.Yesterday morning we kicked off the Deep Learning Summit and AI Assistant Summit with Fabrizio Silvestri from Facebook and...

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
21 September 2017
Everything You Need to Know About AI Assistants
Future of Education

Everything You Need to Know About AI Assistants

The big question on the tip of everyone’s tongues: are these non-human virtual assistants about to steal our jobs? The answer, in short, is no. AI assistants are being created to help...

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
12 September 2017
90% of startups fail, but where are the 10% that succeed?
Deep Learning

90% of startups fail, but where are the 10% that succeed?

You hear this all the time. You’re starting a business and you get told it’s probably going to fail. Whilst this is a very real possibility and one that is true...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
31 August 2017
When Will Voice Assistants Actually Understand What We're Asking?
Virtual Assistant Summit

When Will Voice Assistants Actually Understand What We're Asking?

“Do I need to take a coat today?”, “Play my workout playlist in the living room”, “Order me a takeaway.” Demands that your family might find pretty rude or tiresome, but perfectly acceptable...

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
29 August 2017
Deep Learning Summit, London, What to Expect
Deep Learning

Deep Learning Summit, London, What to Expect

Next month, the increasingly popular Deep Learning Summit is returning to London along with the fourth global AI Assistants Summit. This two track event will bring together cross-industry experts in AI and deep...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
17 August 2017
Deep Learning Summit, San Francisco: What to Expect
Deep Learning

Deep Learning Summit, San Francisco: What to Expect

For the past three years RE•WORK have hosted the Deep Learning Summit in San Francisco, and will be returning next January for what is set to be our biggest event to date....

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
27 July 2017
Discover the Newest Breakthroughs in Deep Learning & Virtual Assistants
Deep Learning

Discover the Newest Breakthroughs in Deep Learning & Virtual Assistants

The Deep Learning Summit London and the Virtual Assistant Summit London will be continuing the RE•WORK Global Summit Series this September 21 & 22. This two track event will bring together the...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
3 July 2017
Super Early Bird Ending: Global Deep Learning Summit Series, San Francisco
Deep Learning

Super Early Bird Ending: Global Deep Learning Summit Series, San Francisco

As our Global Deep Learning Summit Series draws closer, we’re casting forward to the three track event in San Francisco in January 25 & 26. The 4th annual San Francisco Deep Learning...

  • RE•WORK
    RE•WORK
15 June 2017
What's Next For Virtual Assistants & Deep Learning?
Machine Learning

What's Next For Virtual Assistants & Deep Learning?

Deep Learning continues to further advance and disrupt as we progress through 2017, with London one of the key global research and startup hubs for breakthrough AI technology.  The 2016 Deep Learning Summit...

  • Nikita Johnson
    Nikita Johnson
9 May 2017
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