O'reilly Bots Podcast - O'reilly Media Podcast

The O’Reilly Bots Podcast: A universal bot for messaging, mobile voice, and the home.In this episode of the O’Reilly Bots Podcast, Pete Skomoroch and I speak with Brad Abrams, group product manager of Google Assistant, the company’s new AI-driven bot that lives in many different contexts, including the Pixel phone, the Allo messaging app, and the Google Home voice-controlled speaker.Discussion points: “Actions,” Google’s API for Assistant plug-ins. These are available for Google Home now, and will be rolled out for other instances of Assistant later. The relationship between Assistant and Google’s Pixel phone. Google’s plans for the recently acquired API.ai, and where it fits in with Assistant. Google’s WaveNet technology, a text-to-voice engine that uses neural networks. Google’s voice user interface design guidelines, and how Google uses different voices in different settings.