TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vlahos,James
TI  - Talk to me: Amazon, Google, Apple and the race for voice-controlled AI 
SN  - 9781847948052 (hbk.) :
AV  - 111873 
U1  - 006.3 VLA 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Random House Business Books
KW  - Voice computing
KW  - Human-computer interaction
KW  - Artificial intelligence
KW  - Computers and IT
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The next great technological disruption is coming. Each year, the titans of Silicon Valley spend millions competing to build the same device: the world's first conversationally capable computer. Whichever company gets there soonest will turn our smartphones into our teachers, friends and lovers - and make billions of dollars in the process. Veteran technology journalist James Vlahos has gained astonishing access to the research teams at Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple who are leading the way. In 'Talk to Me,' he reveals the secrets of the remarkable individuals fighting in the battle for conversational computing: from the little-known software programmers trying to chat with their laptops, right up to the CEOs of the world's leading tech companies
ER  -