The future of enterprise voice AI is genderless, in your car and (hopefully) more secure ForbesCIO
Forbes' Jillian D’Onfro leads a panel of AI industry experts Marco Casalaina, Salesforce, Chuck Ganapathi, Tact.ai, and Lorrissa Horton, Cisco.Today’s voice-powered AI assistant has many names - Siri, Alexa, Cortana - but as this developing technology becomes ubiquitous in both consumer and enterprise environments, Chuck Ganapathi has a suggestion for his industry colleagues:
Consider deskless workers, such as sales people, he says, or employees with long commutes. For safety reasons, those workers shouldn’t be looking screens, so interacting with a system via voice is quite compelling. While it may be harder to shift people’s behaviors in the office, carpooling with a voice AI assistant could be an easy route to widespread adoption. He seems to be on to something: Last year,Still, workers do seem willing to talk to their devices in an office environment, too.
The vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Team Collaboration group says that there has been a warm reception to its Webex assistant, which allows users to control their meetings via voice. The challenge, however, has been making sure that the AI is sophisticated enough to prove its worth.
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