On January 24 and 25, Automated Insights and Amazon Alexa hosted a hackathon to find ways to bring conversational natural language to Alexa skills.
Teams from around the country, including the Associated Press, Bankrate, GreatCall, Lincoln Financial, NASDAQ, Omnitracs, PowerSchool, TIBCO, TicketMaster, Sling TV, STATS, and ReverbNation gathered in Durham, North Carolina to teach Alexa new NLG skills.
Teams were tasked to create and demonstrate cutting-edge integrations utilizing both Wordsmith and Alexa. During the event, projects analyzed company stocks, evaluated soccer plays, reported on a loved-one’s well-being, shared a child’s academic status, suggested television shows, music and concerts, and prepared a financial advisor for a client meeting.