Sensory Brings ChatGPT, LLM Technology to Its Edge and Cloud AI Ecosystem for Wearables and More
A quick role prompt is enough to build an "assistant" which uses ChatGPT, or other large language models, to respond to queries.
Edge artificial intelligence (edge AI) and voice processing specialist Sensory has announced what it claims as a "breakthrough technology" which breaks OpenAI's ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) out of the text-box and into the voice assistant ecosystem on wearables and more.
"Generative AI has the potential to make consumer devices smarter than ever," claims Sensory chief executive officer Todd Mozer of ChatGPT and other LLMs, capable of generating convincing responses to text-based input prompts. "Integrating this powerful new technology with our robust voice AI stack is a game-changer for the market, and allows our customers to create a new generation of infinitely capable voice assistants tailored to a variety of customized domains."
While hooking generative AIs up to voice recognition and synthesis engines isn't exactly new, Sensory's claim to fame is to integrate absolutely everything into a single software stack — including on-device wake-word detection, speaker verification, voice controls, and sound identification lightweight enough to run on a smartwatch. Once a prompt requires more power, the request is sent off to the cloud.
It's here that VoiceChat comes in. Users of Sensory Cloud can create "assistants" with text-based natural-language "role" prompts. In the company's demo of its prowess, the assistant is prompted to take on the role of a hotel front desk staffer for a Marriott in Lake Oswego, primed with the address, opening and check-in/out times, facilities, and charges, and told to respond to users in 20 words or fewer.
For the demo, this hotel assistant is then grilled, by voice or instant messaging and using natural-language conversational speech, by a potential guest — using ChatGPT to distill information from the prompt into convincing responses to the admittedly-scripted questions.
"This launch expands Sensory’s capabilities to bring VoiceChat capabilities to devices of all types," says Mozer, "giving businesses the opportunity to create more engaging and interactive products." Those devices, the company claims, could include everything from automotive infotainment systems to wearables like smartwatches and in-ear voice assistants.
More information is available on the Sensory Cloud website.