{"id":23253,"date":"2018-07-23T13:06:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T11:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/23\/voice-recognition-advancing-rapidly-but-it-can-be-manipulated\/"},"modified":"2018-07-23T13:06:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T11:06:06","slug":"voice-recognition-advancing-rapidly-but-it-can-be-manipulated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/voice-recognition-advancing-rapidly-but-it-can-be-manipulated\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice Recognition Advancing Rapidly, But it Can be Manipulated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 23-07-2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tech journalist and MD of World Wide Worx Arthur Goldstuck says while voice recognition is advancing at a rapid pace in the world of technology, it can be manipulated.<\/p>\n<p>Goldstuck was speaking to Radio Islam on Sunday about the advancement of voice controlled devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Artificial intelligence and voice recognition software like Siri on iPhone, Bixby on Samsung and Alexa among others have been integrated on many devices like computers, TV\u2019s and even cars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Goldstuck says as people interact more with social media and social networks, and their own devices using voice, then their voice patterns can also be analysed and used by various advertisers, call centres, recruiters and even for political purposes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe kind of information that is fed back to them based on their voice patterns and then the response of their voices can also be analysed and it can be adjusted and keep feeding people things that make them happier. So it\u2019s very insidious, it\u2019s very dangerous as well if it\u2019s not watched carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However Goldstuck says there is a lot of research being done on how the use of voice recognition could be used to enhance the medical field especially in the mental health sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaizelPatel143\" rel=\"alternate\">Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 23-07-2018 \u00a0 Tech journalist and MD of World Wide Worx Arthur Goldstuck says while voice recognition is advancing at a rapid pace in the world of technology, it can be manipulated. Goldstuck was speaking to Radio Islam on Sunday about the advancement of voice controlled devices. 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