RSA 2019 Recap – Application Security Weekly #53

Keith and Paul discuss the structure and experiences of 2019’s RSA Conference. Full Show Notes Hosts         Announcements Join us April 1-3, at Disney’s Contemporary Resort for InfoSec World 2019 where you can connect a… Continue reading RSA 2019 Recap – Application Security Weekly #53

Rasa Core kicks up the context for chatbots

 Context is everything when dealing with dialog systems. We humans take for granted how complex even our simplest conversations are. That’s part of the reason why dialog systems can’t live up to their human counterparts. But with an interactive learning approach and some open source love, Berlin-based Rasa is hoping to help enterprises solve their conversational AI problems. The… Read More Continue reading Rasa Core kicks up the context for chatbots

Microsoft Maluuba is teaching machines to ask questions

 It’s no secret that today’s conversational assistants leave a lot to be desired. We spend a lot of time talking about how bad they are at hearing what we say and even worse at interpreting it. But one thing that doesn’t get nearly enough attention is the one-directional nature of conversations we have with Siri, Cortana and the rest. These systems don’t know how to… Read More Continue reading Microsoft Maluuba is teaching machines to ask questions

Wearable Predicts Tone of Conversation from Speech, Vital Signs

If you’ve ever wondered how people are really feeling during a conversation, you’re not alone. By and large, we rely on a huge number of cues — body language, speech, eye contact, and a million others — to determine the feelings of others. It’s an inexact science to say the least. Now, researchers at MIT have developed a wearable system to analyze the tone of a conversation.

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Acquisition Week at Microsoft – Company Purchases Wand Labs for Conversation Tools

In their second acquisition of the week, this one has a much less expensive price tag, Microsoft has purchased Wand Labs to bolster their Conversation as a Platform plans.

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The Future of Human-to-Technology Interaction Is Here

I had the pleasure of being one of the lucky individuals who attended Microsoft Build 2016. I use the term “lucky” because the conference sold out in less than 2 minutes. Build routinely sells out, but selling out in less than 2 minutes makes the event seem more like a rock concert than a Microsoft developer conference. Don’t get me wrong, we “Microsoft guys” are pretty cool, but selling out at the speed of a rock concert is certainly rare.

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