23rd International Conference on Text, Speech and Dialogue
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Amazon Alexa Webinar

Creating AI driven voice experiences with Alexa Conversations

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Presentation: Creating AI driven voice experiences with Alexa Conversations
Speaker name: Alexa Conversations team, Alexa AI
e-mail: alexa-ai-research-conferences@amazon.com
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Abstract

This July, Amazon Alexa announced the public beta launch of Alexa Conversations dialogue management. With the launch, Alexa developers can now leverage a state-of-the-art dialogue manager powered by deep learning to create complex, nonlinear experiences — conversations that go well beyond today's typical one-shot interactions, such as "Alexa, what's the weather forecast for today?" or "Alexa, set a ten-minute pasta timer".

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Science innovations power Alexa Conversations dialogue management
Conversational AI /Natural Language Processing at Amazon
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Behind the scenes of building a socialbot

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Presentation: Behind the scenes of building a socialbot
Speaker name: Alexa AI & Alexa Prize winners
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What happens when you replace a human participant in a conversation with a socialbot? What does it mean to have an engaging conversation with an AI assistant? How can that kind of conversation prove to be valuable, and can it provide its own kind of connection? The participants in this year’s Alexa Prize contest — an academic collaboration that empowers university students to innovate in the field of conversational AI by creating a socialbot using Alexa tools and capabilities —  were driven by those questions.

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Emory University team wins Alexa Prize Grand Challenge 3
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