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Inclusive Conversational AI: The Case of Female Voice Assistants

This post was first published by Amanda Curry and Alana co-Founder Verena Rieser on Medium.com in June 2020. It is republished here by the kind permission of both authors. The idea of designing an artificial woman is a tale as old as time.

Will conversation AI ever require less data
Conversational AI – Could the future be about less data, not big data?

AI and big data are perfect companions, right? It’s indisputable that access to huge volumes of data allows AI assistants to deliver better, faster, more-accurate responses. But there are downsides too. For example, is this reliance on huge amounts of

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The next generation of AI engineers: Tech and AI courses for half-term holidays

At Alana, we’re creating the next generation of Conversational AI. We do this by employing some of the best engineering minds in AI and robotics, so we’re keen to keep an eye on and support the next great generation of