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Google's Duplex is Rolling Out To Small Group Of Pixel Owners (venturebeat.com) 7

Google Duplex-powered calls have finally arrived. Sort of. For some people. From a report: A spokesperson confirmed to VentureBeat that Duplex -- Google's artificially intelligent chat agent that can arrange appointments over the phone -- has expanded from a "set of trusted tester users" earlier this year to a "small group" of Google Pixel phone owners, who can now use Duplex via the Google Assistant to secure restaurant reservations in "select cities." Presumably, "select cities" refers to the previously announced pilot metros of New York, Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Francisco. If you're not in the "trusted tester" group, you'll likely get an error along the lines of "Sorry, I can't call to make reservations for you yet, but here's their phone number: [10 digits]."
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Google's Duplex is Rolling Out To Small Group Of Pixel Owners

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  • Finally AI has arrived and is being put to good use: playing Chess, Go and making dinner reservations. Applause all around for the "AI researchers".
    • by kqs ( 1038910 )

      I know. After years of just playing games that I don't care about, AI is finally doing something useful that improves my life!

  • Google's Duplex is Rolling Out To Small Group Of Pixel Owners

    At long last, we can finally buy Pixel owners! I'm going to buy the whole lot and use them as giant chess pieces who murder each other like when chess was for royalty! Finally, Google is selling what the rich really want! #OnlyReadHeadlines

  • excited to put Duplex to work against telemarketers.
  • I don't know about other people, but I've been receiving marketing calls that all sound exactly the same as duplex, with the ums and uhs just like the demo. When asking any questions such as "where are you calling from?" Or "how's the weather over there?" there's a long pause and then a response. Ask again and the same calm thing comes up and says they're getting a manager.

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