{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Practical AI","title":"Next-gen voice assistants","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/36c3d094\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3049,"description":"Nikola Mrkšić, CEO & Co-Founder of PolyAI, takes Daniel and Chris on a deep dive into conversational AI, describing the underlying technologies, and teaching them about the next generation of voice assistants that will be capable of handling true human-level conversations. It’s an episode you’ll be talking about for a long time!Sponsors:O'Reilly Media – Learn by doing — Python, data, AI, machine learning, Kubernetes, Docker, and more. Just open your browser and dive in. Learn more and keep your teams’ skills sharp at oreilly.com/changelogRudderStack – Smart customer data pipeline made for developers. RudderStack is the smart customer data pipeline. Connect your whole customer data stack. Warehouse-first, open source Segment alternative. The Brave Browser – Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari, block ads and trackers by default, and reward your favorite creators with the built-in Basic Attention Token. Download Brave for free and give tipping a try right here on changelog.com. Featuring:Nikola Mrkšić – GitHub, XChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:-PolyAI -The Science Behind PolyAI -How Customer Service Voice Assistants Handle Different Languages and Accents -PolyAI Maintains Lead Over IBM Watson Assistant and Other Popular Language Understanding Models -PolyAI’s ConveRT Model Outperforms BERT and GPT-Based Models in Salesforce Research Evaluation -Few-Shot Slot Labeling with ConVEx: The Most Accurate Value Extractor on The MarketUpcoming Events: Register for upcoming webinars here!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Ox7ZlyiQOhdDa4Qy1MnJH5WFoksAetrzb40Jo1pePFs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTZi/ZWJmNWIwNDdmYTcw/NGJjMTExZjNjZmYy/M2ZjNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}