Thanks to Google Duplex, Google Assistant can now make phone calls for you! At the Google I/O conference on May 8, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said: Learn how the impressive live Google Assistant can book a table at the restaurant or book an appointment at the hairdresser without lifting a finger!
Google Assistant, the artificial intelligence built into Google Home and Android smartphones, was the star of the Google I/O conference. Live, Google’s artificial intelligence made two phone calls. Without the slightest hitch and without forgetting to pretend to be a real person, the artificial intelligence reserved a table in a restaurant and made an appointment with the hairdresser! “To help you be productive. For this, you need to call frequently, call a plumber, and make an appointment with the hairdresser.” Google CEO announced.
“Google Duplex is the result of all our investments in natural language understanding, machine learning and text-to-speech” He talked about Sundar Pichai on stage. Google Duplex is designed only for interactions with professionals (doctors, taxi, pizza delivery,…): Google Assistant will therefore never let you call your girlfriend or mom.
Duplex: when Google Assistant searches and makes reservations for you!
During the premiere, Google Assistant took on the role of: just make an appointment with the hairdresser. All you have to do is ask.”Okay Google, find me a hairdresser this Thursday between 10:00 am and 12:00 am. The person on the phone was unaware that he was interacting with an artificial intelligence rather than a human. More realistic than ever, Google Assistant punctuated the conversation with “mmmh” or other signs of hesitation. This is the first time the machine has been so convincing. Google Assistant will not forget to mention that there are no people during calls in its latest version.
As Sundar Pichai points out, phone calls aren’t always that simple. That’s why the second call is even more striking! This time, Google Assistant has been tasked with: book a table in a restaurant. The person on the other end of the line also repeatedly asks the date, number of guests, etc. from artificial intelligence. asked him to repeat the basic elements such as Google Assistant responded accurately and with aplom every time and s information provided appropriately.
“The system makes speech as natural as possible and allows people to speak normally” He greets Google with a post on his blog. Once the reservation is made, all you have to do is confirm it on your smartphone. The icing on the cake, Google Assistant will add the event to your Google calendar.
Google Duplex is still in testing at the Mountain View company’s salons. From summer the option will be activated in beta testing for some English speaking users. For now, no final release date has been announced. We think that the development of Google Duplex in French is not for now.
During the conference, Google also announced its distribution 6 new voices for Google Assistant. More natural thanks to Google Deepmind algorithms, these new English voices are inspired by several actors and singers. Designed in just a few weeks, they allow you to launch Google Assistant without having to go through “Ok Google” and multiply requests and questions in a single sentence. Google has promised that these improvements will be rolled out in the coming weeks. Explore 5 new features added to Google Assistant during the Google i/O 2018 conference to learn more.
