At Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, each slightly more intelligent version of its speech recognition software invariably had greater value than the previous generation and sales increased as a result.
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Concerns the company's internal product value and sales history, not independently documented.
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Ray Kurzweil, “At Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, each slightly more intelligent version of its speech recognition software invariably had greater value than the previous generation and sales increased as a result.” (said January 2001). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_712aaee4d9de, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_712aaee4d9de
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