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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
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What do Cate Blanchett and a Kiwi AI startup have in common?

Auckland University spinout Soul Machines has rolled out its first commercial avatar with a well-known voice.

Fiona Rotherham
Fri, 17 Feb 2017

Australian actress Cate Blanchett is the voice behind virtual assistant Nadia, the first major implementation of the Baby X intelligent, emotionally responsive avatar technology developed at the University of Auckland.

The artificial intelligence technology is being commercialised through

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Fiona Rotherham
Fri, 17 Feb 2017
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