Google Assistant can impersonate a human on the phone

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Google Assistant can impersonate a human on the phone

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https://gizmodo.com/uhh-google-assistan ... 1825861987
Called Duplex, it’s intended to make people’s lives easier by handling standard phone calls that are necessary, but not especially personal.

In examples Google demonstrated on stage during the I/O keynote, Google Assistant called a hair stylist to arrange an appointment and called a restaurant to get information about a reservation, using a voice that sounds a little less robotic than the standard Google Assistant
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EDIT: huh, I never realized that's Vasquez from Aliens
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Prime example of a phone call that's necessary but not especially personal
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