Many of you probably saw it on our Twitter already, but we’re very excited to announce that the Alfred P. Sloan will be sponsoring the Open Virtual Assistant Lab starting this month.
Sloan is funding our new open-source initiative to create a usable virtual assistant for consumers that protects privacy. We will build upon our Almond research prototype, and develop something that is robust and production grade.
You can read more in the Sloan newsletter: https://sloan.org/storage/app/media/programs/public_understanding/program%20highlights/2020.6ProgramUpdates.pdf