Watch This – Google Assistant Makes Actual Phone Calls [Video]

This is stunning – Google AI systems making actual natural human-level phone calls. With my Nigerian accent, it means I can overcome the once in a while “huh”. This is incredible. You need to watch this video.

Onstage at I/O 2018, Google showed off a jaw-dropping new capability of Google Assistant: in the not too distant future, it’s going to make phone calls on your behalf. CEO Sundar Pichai played back a phone call recording that he said was placed by the Assistant to a hair salon. The voice sounded incredibly natural; the person on the other end had no idea they were talking to a digital AI helper. Google Assistant even dropped in a super casual “mmhmmm” early in the conversation.

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