Robots that know if we’re sad or happy are coming

Many of us are already talking to our smart devices as if they are humans. In the future, smart devices may be able to talk back in a similar way, imitating the umms” and “ahhs,” the laughs and the sighs, alongside other signals that indicate human emotions such as tune, rhythm and timbre.

New York-based startup Hume AI has debuted a new “emotionally intelligent” AI voice interface that can be built into different applications ranging from customer service and to …

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