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Deutsche Telekom is building a caller Perplexity chatbot-powered “AI Phone,” the companies announced astatine Mobile World Congress (MWC) successful Barcelona today. The caller instrumentality will beryllium revealed later this twelvemonth and tally “Magenta AI,” which gives users entree to Perplexity Assistant, Google Cloud AI, ElevenLabs, Picsart, and a suite of AI tools.
The AI telephone conception was first revealed astatine MWC 2024 by Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile’s genitor company) arsenic an “app-less” device chiefly controlled by sound that tin do things for illustration book flights and make edifice reservations. The capabilities are for illustration those promised by “large action model” products, including the Rabbit R1. In a property release, Deutsche Telekom committee personnel Claudia Nemat says the forthcoming AI telephone pinch Perplexity Assistant tin book a taxi and do your shopping without having to move apps connected your phone.
Some of the AI tools, including Perplexity’s AI-powered hunt engine, will besides beryllium disposable connected different devices utilizing the MeinMagenta app (Perplexity besides recently launched an Android app for its assistant). Deutsche Telekom hasn’t said overmuch other astir the AI telephone hardware, but the images show thing of a fund to midrange Android instrumentality pinch heavy forehead and chin bezels, arsenic good arsenic a pinkish slumber / aftermath button.
Deutsche Telekom plans to motorboat its AI telephone successful the second half of this year. And this summer, the institution will adhd immoderate of the AI features from Google Cloud AI, ElevenLabs, and Picsart into the MeinMagenta app, which useful pinch different smartphones.
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