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World Service,07 Oct 2016,23 mins

An AI-First World Is Coming

Tech Life

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Why Google thinks AI assistants are as important a development as the birth of the web. Plus the scramble by Oculus, Sony, and HTC to bring virtual reality to the mass-market. And we talk to engineering giant ABB on the role that robots might play in India's future prosperity. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with Jane Wakefield from the BBC Online tech desk, and special guest Jessica Ekholm, research director at Gartner. (Image: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates the latest Oculus virtual reality devices at the Connect 3 event in California, Credit: Glenn Chapman /AFP/Getty Images).

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