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Voice Assistant Users Want ‘Smarter’ Assistants, Voices Report Finds

Voice Assistant Users Want ‘Smarter’ Assistants, Voices Report Finds

Voice Assistant Users Want ‘Smarter’ Assistants, Voices Report Finds

Today, Voices, the world’s leading voice over marketplace, published Talking Technologya report analyzing the state of voice assistant usage in Americans, including how people use them, challenges they encounter, and potential improvements they might want to see.

The report found that over 80% of Americans use voice assistants, making them a highly prevalent digital tool. Among voice assistant users, 74% use their voice assistant multiple times per week. The widespread adoption of voice assistants should come as no surprise–from personal computers and smartphones to media consoles to vehicle infotainment systems–almost every piece of personal technology today has voice control functions integrated. But despite many users using voice assistants every day, 46% don’t feel they use their assistants to their fullest potential and leave many features underutilized.

Americans use voice assistants for a wide variety of everyday tasks, the most common being information retrieval, such as checking the weather or asking general questions on various topics (62%), communication with others (45%), playing media (43%), and smart home control (37%).

Other key findings from the report include:

  • Voice assistants have become a digital Swiss Army knife: 61% of voice assistant users interact with their voice assistant at least once per day. The most commonly used voice assistants are Alexa (56%), Siri (49%), and Google Assistant (42%).
  • Misunderstanding user requests is a big pain point: 60% of voice assistant users say the assistant’s ability to accurately understand their requests is one of their main frustrations.
  • Smarter IS better: 45% of users say they’d use voice assistants more if they thought they were “smarter” and could provide better responses.
  • Users would enjoy more human-like interactions: 36% would use voice assistants more if the interactions felt more natural and human-like.
  • Generative AI could be the revamp voice assistants need: 38% of users believe that a voice assistant that uses generative AI (such as ChaptGPT) would understand requests and inquiries better than their current assistants.

“It’s clear that people want voice technology that doesn’t feel like talking to a robot; they want technology that can actually understand what they’re asking, can respond accordingly, and sounds and feels at least slightly more human in their interactions,” says Tara Parachuk, Senior Manager, Brand Communications. “Companies looking to incorporate voice-activated features into their products should prioritize developing assistants that are actually smart – ones that have a high capacity for understanding natural language and can respond to requests accordingly.

The full report can be read here: https://www.voices.com/company/press/reports/voice-assistants. For more insights into the world of voice over, visit Voices at: https://www.voices.com.

About Voices

Voices is the world's #1 voice marketplace, with over 4 million registered users. Since 2005, the biggest and most beloved brands have entrusted Voices to help them find professionals to bring their projects to life. Voices helps match clients with voice over professionals in over 160 countries and 100+ languages and dialects.

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Holistic AI is deeply committed to ensuring that AI can be relied upon to fulfill its transformative potential for society. We believe that the responsible development and deployment of AI, which begins with robust AI governance, is central to this goal. Our AI governance encompasses the principles and frameworks essential for ensuring the responsible and transparent use of AI and minimizing risks associated with its deployment.  

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Holistic AI takes a proactive approach by collaborating with regulators, policymakers, enterprises, and academia to promote the advancement of responsible, risk-based, and globally applicable AI standards. 

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RADICL, a cybersecurity innovator on a mission to better secure SMBs serving national defense and critical infrastructure, has released the findings from its inaugural “DIB Cybersecurity Maturity Report | 2024.”  

To better understand how SMBs in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) protect themselves, RADICL surveyed 423 IT practitioners at companies with 101 to 250 employees. Those surveyed also identified that a significant portion of their company’s revenue comes from defense contracts with government agencies. The report aimed to assess the current state of cybersecurity within these crucial SMBs, uncover their most significant security challenges, understand their experiences working with outsourced service providers, and identify where they currently stand on their CMMC compliance journey.  

"Our report illuminates a significant gap in the cybersecurity maturity and posture of SMBs serving the DIB,” said Chris Petersen, co-founder and CEO of RADICL. “While it is encouraging that most prioritize improvements, there are critical and concerning lags that expose these innovative companies.  

“This report should be a wake-up call for the Department of Defense, U.S. policymakers, and SMB CEOs. There are concerning gaps in the ability of SMBs to deter, detect and respond to cyberthreats. CMMC/NIST 800-171 compliance, which mandates fundamental IT security controls, is also behind pace,” continued Petersen. “In contrast, nation-state cyberthreats are not behind pace and will continue to compromise DIB SMBs, steal their data, and disrupt their operations.” 

Key findings include:  

  • 61% report low to medium effectiveness in threat investigation, and 54% report low to medium effectiveness in threat hunting. 
  • 59% would take a week or more to detect a threat in their environment.  
  • 46% say cybersecurity-related incidents have cost their company $100,001 or more. Of those, 12% report that the cost was more than $500,001. 
  • 60% had four or more user/email accounts compromised in the past year.  
  • 59% had four or more of their endpoints compromised in the past year.  
  • The biggest security challenge is implementing and maintaining compliance with regulations, including CMMC.  
  • 81% have started the CMMC compliance process; however, only 13% are compliant with Level 1, and 11% are compliant with Level 2. 
  • The biggest challenge with outsourced providers is inadequate response time to security issues and incidents
  • Their biggest security priority in 2024 is strengthening access control policies and enforcement around sensitive data.  

To view a full copy of the report, visit https://radicl.com/radicl_dib-cybersecurity-maturity-report_2024

About RADICL  

RADICL provides SMBs in America's Defense Industrial Base Xtended Threat Protection (XTP). RADICL's purpose-built and proprietary XTP platform delivers SMBs full-spectrum threat protection and compliance management that is quick, easy, and affordable. The RADICL XTP Platform powers an AI-augmented virtual Security Operations Center (vSOC), delivering customers 24x7 automated threat analytics and monitoring, deep threat hunts, incident response, vulnerability management, security awareness training, and managed compliance adherence. RADICL enables SMBs in the DIB to spend more time running a profitable business to support our country and less time worrying about security and compliance. To learn more about RADICL XTP, visit www.RADICL.com

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Original Source: RADICL 'DIB Cybersecurity Maturity Report | 2024' Uncovers Alarming Gaps Within U.S. Defense Industrial Base SMBs