The First AI Bubble Is Now Here: Talking Speakers

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The First AI Bubble Is Now Here: Talking Speakers
China Circuit
The First AI Bubble Is Now Here: Talking Speakers
Chinese internet companies need new ways to engage users, but some think the first wave in the AI revolution looks frothy
By
li.yuan@wsj.com
July 27, 2017 5:48 a.m. ET
Smart speakers powered by artificial intelligence are one of the hottest consumer products in the U.S. Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. are all offering competing products. If they think that’s a crowded field, they should come to China.
Within a day of Apple announcing its voice-activated HomePod speaker in June, Song Shaopeng, founder of smart-speaker technology startup Sugr Electronics Corp., fielded calls...
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