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I spoke to the AI avatar of a Leeds MP. How did it cope with my Yorkshire accent?

Leeds MP Mark Sewards has launched a digital assistant, but the results of my chat show MPs’ aides ’ave nowt to worry aboutAs anyone with even a trace of a regional dialect who has had to pay a parking fine can attest, voice recognition services struggle with accents. Now, people in Mark Sewards’ constituency in Leeds are likely to find the same problem with his AI variant.A chatbot billed as the first AI version of an MP responds in Sewards’ voice with advice, support or by offering to pass on a message to his team – but only if it understands you. Continue reading...

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