Idealog + Tech Futures Lab
What Keeps Me Up At Night: Soul Machines' Elinor Swery
Dr. Elinor Swery gets excited about using technology to make the world a better place. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, she now works at Soul Machines as a solutions architect, working with international companies to deliver Artificial Humans and humanise the way in which we interact with technology. She has worked in various industries, from utilities and automotive to banking and telecommunication all the while focusing on improving process and user experiences through the enablement and adoption of AI technologies. Here's what keeps her up at night.
Deals! Deals! Deals!
Done Deal: Recent fundings secured, contracts inked and deals done, for the tl;dr crowd
All the deals done, did.
The year that was
Instant classics: Idealog's most popular stories of 2017
The 17th year of the 21st century is coming to a close. To mark this obviously momentous occasion, we take a look back on our most popular stories (at least as measured by unique page views) of 2017.
With some soul
Soul Machines' Greg Cross on creatively designing conversations through tech
New Zealand company Soul Machines Limited - developer of emotionally responsive and intelligent avatars, and creator of digital human Sophie for Air New Zealand – is advertising for an intriguing position of a creative conversational designer (copywriter).
Study = success?
Do you need a degree to work in tech? More than 100 of NZ's biggest companies say no
Some of Aotearoa's largest companies have signed an open letter urging a rethink of the country's education system. But will anyone take notice?
Say it ain't soul
Meet Sophie, Air New Zealand's digital 'human'
Air New Zealand is trialling a new team member in the form of Sophie, a digital human created by Soul Machines to answer questions about New Zealand as a tourist destination and the airline’s products and services.
AI
Soul Machines unveils its first emotionally intelligent, lifelike avatar
A Kiwi company at the forefront of humanising AI technology has revealed its first virtual assistant called ‘Nadia’, which has been voiced by actress Cate Blanchett.
