The Rundown: Voice authenticated purchasing and bye bye Google Home?

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Kane Simms
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Kane Simms and Dustin Coates are joined by Claire Mitchell to Rundown the week’s conversational AI news.


Stories covered this week:

Subvocal recognition

MIT Alterego Communicated with a Computer Through Subvocalization

NuEyes Partners with Third Eye for voice controlled device for low-vision

Google assistant beta voice match for purchases

Google home is no more?

Microsoft Cortana – new voice for work flow features

Apple glass leaked

Datch – voice-visual platform for factories secures $3.2 mill in funding

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