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Microsoft AI Microsoft buys Semantic Machines to make AI sound more human Cortana and Xiaolce to see benefits of acquisition By Greg Synek , May 21, 2018, 9:40 AM
Google AI Google Assistant gets new voices and more natural conversation Users will be able to speak with Google Assistant in a more natural and polite way By Cal Jeffrey , May 8, 2018, 4:22 PM
Software Mobile SoundHound music discovery app adds powerful voice control features By Shawn Knight , May 17, 2016, 11:15 AM
Apple Software Apple open sources their Swift programming language By Tim Schiesser , December 4, 2015, 3:00 PM
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Industry AI DigitalGenius raises $3M for its artificial intelligence powered customer service agent By Dieter Holger , June 23, 2015, 9:00 AM
Mobile Software Google Translate updated with Word Lens integration, improved real-time conversation translation By Himanshu Arora , January 15, 2015, 10:30 AM
Microsoft Software Skype's real-time translator feature goes live with support for spoken English and Spanish By Jose Vilches , December 15, 2014, 4:15 PM
Software Mobile Swype for iOS 8 updated with new language support, emoji suggestions, more By Shawn Knight , November 6, 2014, 2:00 PM
Hardware Industry IBM's new Watson supercomputer developer platform will be open to the public By Justin Kahn , November 14, 2013, 11:10 AM
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The Web YouTube adds automated caption translation for 300 languages By Rick Burgess , September 26, 2012, 8:30 AM
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