Google's human-like speaking AI will soon start booking restaurant, hair salon reservations

Google's human-like speaking AI will soon start booking restaurant, hair salon reservations

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https://phys.org/news/2018-07-google-human-like-ai-restaurant-hair.html

In an Israeli hummus shop in Mountain View recently, Google executives announced at a media event that a limited, undisclosed number of users and businesses outside of Google will test out Duplex. In the next few weeks, the users and businesses will use Duplex to collect information on upcoming holiday hours. Then, later this summer, Google Duplex will be tested in booking restaurant reservations and hair salon appointments.

After this summer, however, it is unclear how or whether Google will scale up its Duplex technology, according to Nick Fox, Google Assistant vice president of product and design. Fox and Google Assistant Vice President of Engineering Scott Huffman demonstrated the product recently and answered media questions.