The voice data gold rush is on, but don’t fall for fool’s gold

There’s more to voice AI than hurriedly training it on unlicensed, poor-quality data.

For as long as we’ve imagined “the future,” we’ve imagined computers that talk with humans. From the calm, ever-listening computer in Star Trek to J.A.R.V.I.S. in Iron Man, voice-enabled AI has been the centerpiece of sci-fi and a symbol of technological advancement.