INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
growing as manufacturers and developers seek to cash in on the popularity of voice assistants like Alexa
distributed, and the possible consequences, we reached out to a number of figures working at the heart of digital news production and
distribution.The BBC is jumping on board with smart assistants like Alexa, but what does it mean for reporting? (Image credit: BBC)Making
the most of voice searchWe spoke to Mukul Devichand, executive editor at BBC Voice + AI, about the reasoning behind the British
Assistants offer an obvious and easy way to ask questions, which could be really transformative
voice commands is fuelling demand for smart home hardware like the Google Home
Twitter, Facebook, and Google News on their smartphones, rather than from the scheduled TV bulletins the BBC and other major broadcasters
around the globe built their reputations on.Devichand also acknowledges the changes and challenges that come with new methods of accessing
snippets that Alexa and other smart assistants tend to provide, users could be getting an incomplete or overly simplistic picture of the
(Image credit: Compass News)We talked to Matilde Giglio, an investor at venture capital firm Hambro Perks and a founder of Compass News, a
news aggregation service that was founded with the aim of breaking news readers out of the echo chamber
Young people especially are turning away from mainstream sources, and they love the on-demand nature of voice that fits in with their daily
(Image credit: Sky)Giglio thinks there are opportunities for voice assistant developers to gain the trust of publishers, and the BBC News
Alexa service may well be the start of a healthier relationship between news sources and the companies distributing their content.BBC Voice
the convenience of a voice-based interface, or the immediacy of content funneled to us through various online channels, the ease with which
we can share and receive information is the biggest obstacle to quality assurance, or basic fact-checking of what we hear and read.Devichand
of their editorial presence
the truth into our homes increasingly harder.mGu63HXW8S2VDybW9q4yBJ.jpg?#
