Artificial intelligence (AI) meeting features provided by platforms like Zoom and Otter.ai offer benefits such as automated summaries and note-taking, allowing workers to better keep track of meetings and generate follow-up actions, but they are not perfect and may encounter issues with transcription accuracy, topic categorization, and context understanding. Privacy concerns and the need for high-quality audio feeds should also be taken into consideration before using AI for meetings.
Meta has developed an open-source AI model called SeamlessM4T that can translate and transcribe close to 100 languages across text and speech, representing a breakthrough in the field of AI-powered language translation and transcription.
Apple has increased its spending on artificial intelligence, particularly in the areas of conversational AI, voice-controlled automation, and multimodal AI for videos, images, and text.
Speech AI is being implemented across various industries, including banking, telecommunications, quick-service restaurants, healthcare, energy, the public sector, automotive, and more, to deliver personalized customer experiences, streamline operations, and enhance overall customer satisfaction.
AI has replaced human translators at Gizmodo's Spanish-language site, leading to criticism from workers and concerns about job displacement.
Google Cloud's CEO, Thomas Kurian, stated that the company's latest AI products, Duet AI in Workspace and Vertex AI, have the potential to revolutionize the market and bring AI capabilities to every department and industry, similar to how Google simplified access to the internet.
AI systems are becoming increasingly adept at turning text into realistic and believable speech, raising questions about the ethical implications and responsibilities associated with creating and using these AI voices.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly used in game development, with AI-generated characters and dialogues creating more immersive experiences, although its limitations mean that humans still play a crucial role, and game developers believe AI will never be able to replace the unique combination of story, art, sound, and overall experience that games offer, while the use of AI in translation tasks in the gaming industry is leading to lower pay for translators and a decline in translation quality, causing concerns among professionals in the field.