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3 ex-Apple researchers want to make AI less awkward. Lightspeed, Accel, and Nvidia are giving them million to do it.

3 ex-Apple researchers want to make AI less awkward. Lightspeed, Accel, and Nvidia are giving them $50 million to do it.

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A startup that’s trying to make AI models better conversationalists with more emotional intelligence has just raised $50 million.Seattle-based Nuance says it wants to build models that can hold face-to-face conversations without the lag and awkwardness of existing chatbots.Fangchang Ma, Nuance’s cofounder and CEO, said that existing voicebots or AI…