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Why Are Conversational Assistants Still Black Boxes? The Case For Transparency
Trung Dong Huynh, William Seymour, Luc Moreau +1
Much has been written about privacy in the context of conversational and voice assistants. Yet, there have been remarkably few developments in terms of the actual privacy offered b…
Legal Obligation and Ethical Best Practice: Towards Meaningful Verbal Consent for Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Mark Cote, Jose Such
To improve user experience, Alexa now allows users to consent to data sharing via voice rather than directing them to the companion smartphone app. While verbal consent mechanisms…
Ignorance is Bliss? The Effect of Explanations on Perceptions of Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Jose Such
Voice assistants offer a convenient and hands-free way of accessing computing in the home, but a key problem with speech as an interaction modality is how to scaffold accurate ment…
A Systematic Review of Ethical Concerns with Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Xiao Zhan, Mark Cote +1
Since Siri's release in 2011 there have been a growing number of AI-driven domestic voice assistants that are increasingly being integrated into devices such as smartphones and TVs…
When It's Not Worth the Paper It's Written On: A Provocation on the Certification of Skills in the Alexa and Google Assistant Ecosystems
William Seymour, Mark Cote, Jose Such
The increasing reach and functionality of voice assistants has allowed them to become a general-purpose platform for tasks like playing music, accessing information, and controllin…
Can you meaningfully consent in eight seconds? Identifying Ethical Issues with Verbal Consent for Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Mark Cote, Jose Such
Determining how voice assistants should broker consent to share data with third party software has proven to be a complex problem. Devices often require users to switch to companio…
Consent on the Fly: Developing Ethical Verbal Consent for Voice Assistants
William Seymour, Mark Cote, Jose Such
Determining how voice assistants should broker consent to share data with third party software has proven to be a complex problem. Devices often require users to switch to companio…