Imagine a Jarvis-like Assistant making phone calls on your behalf to schedule an appointment, make reservations in restaurants or get holidays on your behalf. Thanks to Google Duplex, this dystopian scenario only seen in sci-fi films, will be a part of our lives soon.
Earlier in May, at the I/O conference, Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled Google Duplex. It is an AI-powered voice technology that sounds like human and is an extension of the Google Assistant app which will mainly be used to carry out real-world tasks over the phone.
How Does It Work?
Duplex is a new technology for conducting natural conversations to carry out easy tasks that involve calling. Basically, you can ask Google Assistant to call a business on your behalf.
Once the request is made, Duplex will make the call an
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Smita Sinha
I have over three-years of experience in editing, reporting. My career in journalism began with The Economic Times. When I am not busy, I read, I binge-watch web series.
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