Episode 177 - Looking Back at 2023

Episode 177 of the Two Voice Devs podcast, hosted by Mark and Allen, titled "Episode 177 - Looking Back at 2023" was published on December 29, 2023 and runs 21 minutes.

December 29, 2023 ·21m · Two Voice Devs

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Summary

Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker, hosts of Two Voice Devs, reflect on the year 2023, discussing significant changes and trends in the #VoiceFirst and #GenerativeAI industry and where their predictions from last year were accurate... or fell short. They discuss the transformation and challenges Amazon faced, gleaning predictions from hints at large language models (LLMs) from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple. They also mention the shift of Voiceflow towards LLMs and recall the notion of retrieval augmented generation. 00:04 Introduction and Welcome 00:12 Reflecting on the Past Year 01:13 Amazon's Progress and Challenges 01:59 Exploring Amazon's Monetization and Widgets 08:45 Google's Journey and the End of Conversational Actions 11:53 The Rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) 17:04 The Impact of Voiceflow and Dialogflow 20:48 Closing Remarks and New Year Wishes

Episode Description

Allen Firstenberg and Mark Tucker, hosts of Two Voice Devs, reflect on the year 2023, discussing significant changes and trends in the #VoiceFirst and #GenerativeAI industry and where their predictions from last year were accurate... or fell short. They discuss the transformation and challenges Amazon faced, gleaning predictions from hints at large language models (LLMs) from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple. They also mention the shift of Voiceflow towards LLMs and recall the notion of retrieval augmented generation.

00:04 Introduction and Welcome

00:12 Reflecting on the Past Year

01:13 Amazon's Progress and Challenges

01:59 Exploring Amazon's Monetization and Widgets

08:45 Google's Journey and the End of Conversational Actions

11:53 The Rise of Large Language Models (LLMs)

17:04 The Impact of Voiceflow and Dialogflow

20:48 Closing Remarks and New Year Wishes

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