Can An Algorithm Be Empathetic? UK Startup EI Technologies Is Building Software That's Sensitive To Tone Of Voice

Don't give up hope of being able to mock your future robot butler with a sassy response. UK startup EI Technologies, one of 17 in the current Wayra London incubator cohort, is developing a voice recognition platform that can identify emotion by analysing vocal qualities with an accuracy rate it says is already better than the average human ear.