Salesforce is shutting down two of its AI voice services (Einstein Voice Assistant and Voice Skills) as it shifts resources to its recently launched Salesforce Anywhere app, as detected by Voicebot.ai. A company spokesperson told VentureBeat that voice capabilities remain “a priority” for Salesforce, and that the products it is …
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Your next Amazon purchase could be delivered by ‘Scout’, the company’s new autonomous bot
Amazon Scout“The e-commerce giant’s fully electric autonomous delivery system” launched in Atlanta. Scout has delivered packages from Amazon in various test cities, browsing all kinds of objects on the sidewalk, including everything from surfboards to luggage, coolers, and even Christmas trees waiting to be collected for recycling, and starting this …
Read More »White House doubles on Trump’s payroll tax cut proposal
The White House continues to call for a payroll tax cut, even with little support among Senate Republicans. In a statement, a White House spokesman said the tax exemption “should” be part of the next financial aid package. But Republicans have expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of a payroll tax …
Read More »The New Jersey congressman is again trying to find out if the Pentagon turned ticks into biological weapons of Lyme disease during the Cold War
Did the Pentagon consider using pathogen ticks to infect America’s enemies during the Cold War? And did some of those ticks escape to the United States, bringing Lyme disease with them? Those are the questions that Rep. Chris Smith has been asking for years, and his colleagues in the House …
Read More »The Chicago Bears sign all seven teams in the 2020 draft, including TE Cole Kmet, CB Jaylon Johnson
The Bears signed their seven 2020 draft picks for four-year contracts Tuesday. The group is made up of the following players: Round 2 (43): TE Cole Kmet, Notre Dame Round 2 (50): CB Jaylon Johnson, Utah Round 5 (155): OLB Trevis Gipson, Tulsa Round 5 (163): CB Kindle Vildor, Georgia …
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