Google Duplex beat the Turing test: Are we doomed?

ZDNet Innovation Weekly

May 18, 2018

Google Duplex beat the Turing test: Are we doomed?

placeholder

Google’s new Duplex AI sounds human, with stammers, pauses, and all. It could be a useful addition to Google Assistant or the harbinger of something much more dark and worrisome.

READ FULL STORY

RELATED

•	Alexa developers get eight new voices via Amazon Polly
•	Samsung Bixby to arrive in ovens and robot cleaners this year
•	Microsoft moves toward consolidating its many speech services

placeholder

A puzzling problem: Teaching robots to criticize themselves

READ FULL STORY

placeholder

Boston Dynamics set to sell robot dog that became a viral hit

READ FULL STORY

Optimizing the PC Lifecycle

White Papers from Dell & Intel®

IDC Study: PC As a Service Gaining Fast Adoption By 2020

White Papers from Dell & Intel®

Save Time,Save Money - Optimise PC Lifecycle Management

White Papers from Dell & Intel®

Economics of Insecurity (By Malcolm Harkins, Chief Security & Trust Officer)

White Papers from Cylance

More Innovation

1. Microsoft provides a peek at 50.5-inch Surface Hub 2, due in 2019

2. Gmail users: How to turn on offline working, Smart Compose

3. Target turns to AR, chat services to boost beauty sales

4. Microsoft continues its quest for the HoloLens grail

1. HTC plots blockchain native phone called Exodus

2. OnePlus 6: Everything you need to know

3. The coolest USB flash drive: Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3z

1. iPhone X Tesla: A $4,500 solar-power phone

What is machine learning? Everything you need to know

placeholder

This guide explains what machine learning is, how it is related to artificial intelligence, how it works and why it matters.

READ FULL STORY

More innovation coverage

More innovation coverage

More robots? You got it

More robots? You got it

This newsletter is a service of ZDNet.com.
To update your account, please visit our Subscription Center.

Unsubscribe | Help | Privacy policy

Copyright CBS Interactive, Inc.
All rights reserved. ZDNet is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc.

ZDNet
235 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
U.S.A.