The Rundown: Talking volcanos finding gaps you can Read Along to

This week's top stories:Google’s Read Along Vernacular.ai raises $5.1 million led by Exfinity Ventures, Kalaari CapitalHR AI system, Paradox AI gets 40m funding for replacing the ‘boring’ jobsConverseNow has closed a $3.25 million seed funding round led by Bala InvestmentsOmilia, a conversational artificial intelligence platform developer, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Grafton CapitalGetting the tone right - automated copy generation has to be retrained in a time of crisisStores may use voice assistants to transform shopping, retail consultant saysIn a world fearful of touch, voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri are making our lives easierStartup adjusts medical voice assistant for a Zoom worldFrance launches AI voice assistant to help coronavirus patientsKaty Perry announces new album on AlexaSpirent approved to test AVS productsHow speech recognition techniques are helping to predict volcanoes’ behaviourThe Information by James GleikMIDI SproutLearn guitar on Google Assistant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.