By Marlon Madden
Barbadian households could soon be ditching virtual assistants Siri and Alexa and saying hello to a local smart assistant, Patsy.
Local tech officials are in the process of fine-tuning the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant which will be able to interpret human speech and provide responses to questions just like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa.
Patsy, whose development started just over
Harrison College walked away with the top award from the Science and Technology Festival’s Secondary Schools Speak-Off Competition during the event’s closing and prize-giving ceremony at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, St. Michael, on Saturday.
The Crumpton Street school took the first and third spots in the team category of the competition, while the St. Michael School placed
Hundreds of patrons flocked to the grounds of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on Saturday, as the 2023 Science and Technology Festival culminated.
Arlene Weekes, coordinator of the three-day event, hailed it a success, saying it attracted thousands of people since it opened on Thursday morning.
Weekes, who is the Innovation Officer with the Ministry