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Voice AI Goes Mainstream in 2025
Human-like voice agents are moving from pilot to production. In Deepgram’s 2025 State of Voice AI Report, created with Opus Research, we surveyed 400 senior leaders across North America - many from $100M+ enterprises - to map what’s real and what’s next.
The data is clear:
97% already use voice technology; 84% plan to increase budgets this year.
80% still rely on traditional voice agents.
Only 21% are very satisfied.
Customer service tops the list of near-term wins, from task automation to order taking.
See where you stand against your peers, learn what separates leaders from laggards, and get practical guidance for deploying human-like agents in 2025.
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🎒 A startling proportion of teens now prefer talking to AI over a real person
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Conducted by the UK-based youth charity OnSide, the study, which surveyed kids in England aged 11 through 18, found that roughly 39 percent of teens — so about two in five — have used AI chatbots for some kind of “advice, support or company.”
A report by Stanford Medicine and Common Sense Media found that leading general-use chatbots are “fundamentally unsafe” for teens seeking mental health support. Google and OpenAI are both currently fighting child welfare lawsuits over suicides of minor users connected to chatbot use.
As for why teens say they’re turning to chatbots versus humans, responses were varied. Over half said chatbots can be available for an immediate response 24/7, whereas humans generally aren’t. “Curiosity” and “fun” were also highly ranked, while 19 percent, more troublingly, reported that it’s “easier” to speak to a chatbot. Smaller — but still concerning — percentages of teens, six percent apiece, said they either don’t have anyone else to talk to, or trust AI more than they trust humans. Read more
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🤖 A new AI benchmark tests whether chatbots protect human well-being (link)
🤪 If you don’t use AI, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asks: “Are you insane?” (link)
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