Recommended Reading: Google Assistant's new bag of tricks

Google's Duplex could make Assistant the most lifelike AI yet Richard Nieva, CNET Google has big plans for Assistant, and some of what it showed at I/O this week is equal parts fascinating and worrisome. CNET took a closer look at the so-called Duplex technology that will allow Google Assistant to do things like make phone calls on your behalf. The company has since said it will alert the person on the other end that they're speaking to AI, but for many, questions remain. If there's one thing I've learned over the last few years, it's that when Coates publishes something, it's going to be worth your time. This piece about the current state of Yeezus is no exception.