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Who Listens to Google Assistant Recordings?
American technology company Google says its contractors listens to recordings of what people say to artificial intelligence system Google Assistant.
The company admitted that people can review those recordings after some of its Dutch language audio clips were leaked to the public.
Google product manager David Monsees wrote about the leak in a recent blog post. He said the company is investigating their release.
Belgian broadcaster VRT NWS got hold of more than 1,000 Google Assistant recordings. It noted in a story that some recordings contained sensitive personal conversations, as well as information that identified the person speaking.
Google said the recordings do not identify user account information. It added that contractors who listen to the audio are told not to take notes of background conversations.
Google said its contract work force listens to recordings to better understand speech patterns and differences in regional accents. Google's user terms say the company may use the recordings. They state that Google Assistant "records your voice and audio on Google services to improve speech recognition."
Monsees wrote that Google works with contractors around the world to study the recordings.
Google's terms do not exactly say that people examine the recordings. But the user terms do say the company could study them as it improves services or creates new features.
Earlier this year, the Bloomberg financial service reported that Amazon's Alexa also uses contractors to listen to recordings. Amazon officials confirmed the report.
Google's recording feature can be disabled, but doing so means Assistant loses some of its technical abilities. Users who turn off the recording feature lose the ability for the Assistant to recognize individual voices and learn their speech patterns.
Google Assistant is available on more than 1 billion devices, including smartphones and smart speakers. It has become more popular in the smart speaker market, but still has fewer users than Amazon.
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重点解析

1.artificial intelligence 人工智能

They have made great progress in machine translation and artificial intelligence.
他们在机器翻译和人工智能方面取得了重大进展-!vEU[qci)0f=2Muq%m。

2.turn off 关闭

I have to get up and turn off the radio
我必须起床关上收音机[[^t#S8K[8iz)nLsSWV。

3.take notes of 记录

Would you be willing to take notes of our meeting?
你愿不愿意给我们的会议作记录？

4.personal conversations 私人对话

Have even been having personal conversations on company time.
一些人甚至在工作时间进行私人交谈oD6iMIb];oe~KA。

5.Belgian broadcaster VRT NWS got hold of more than 1,000 Google Assistant recordings.

got hold of 抓住；握住

I got hold of the sack and lifted it.
我抓住包，把它举了起来
This friend of mine got hold of me in london.
我的这位朋友在伦敦同我联络上了j9ES^F)El12WS。

6.It noted in a story that some recordings contained sensitive personal conversations, as well as information that identified the person speaking.

as well as 和...一样；也

Moral as well as financial support was what the West should provide.
西方国家应该提供道义支持和经济援助xBNN~]_uMwuAn#。
She can play tennis as well as basketball.
她也会打篮球，也会打网球FYm|w&jJv__-,m8ZA5。

参考译文

谷歌雇人监听语音助手录音？
美国科技公司谷歌表示，其承包商会审听用户对人工智能系统谷歌助手所说的对话录音.rw#;pmpiV8zEQ9&。
谷歌方面承认，在其部分荷兰语音频剪辑被泄露给公众后，人们可以查看这些录音文件V[zaQ69X0x|b。
谷歌产品经理大卫·蒙西（David Monsees）在最近的一篇博客文章中提到了这次泄露事件ox!q0*wQhiTu。他说，公司正在对泄露一事展开调查kF0ALSU]!f。
比利时广播公司VRT NWS获得了超过1000份谷歌助手录音文件!a~s!zWwnZ^6S3GW。它在一篇报道中指出，一些录音包含敏感的个人对话，以及识别说话者的信息]VZOq(feEDTaVUM-。

谷歌方面表示，这些录音没有识别用户帐户信息_o@JN]V!)Y*j]3。该公司还指出，那些审听录音的承包商被告知不许记录背景对话E7@bS%om;%。
谷歌说，他们的雇佣职工通过听录音来更好地理解语言模式和地区口音的差异]K*p2]&k)mgV!6vaC。谷歌的用户条款指出，该公司可能会使用这些录音vn=Ls68d+3g!。他们说，谷歌助手“会在谷歌服务中记录您的语音和音频，以提高语音识别能力lGNcE2!;0EAh,kQ。”
蒙西写道，谷歌与世界各地的承包商合作研究这些录音文件Wv#bp_0*(|P2b,bj。
谷歌公司的条款并没有确切指明有人会审听录音u,v4B~IEe%O7y)QOCC。但用户的条款确实表明，谷歌公司可以在改进服务或创建新功能时研究这些录音7nEU6l!iGeRzf*~O。
今年年初，彭博金融服务报道称，亚马逊的Alexa也通过承包商来审听录音w+JNx6Sz7N。亚马逊官方证实了这一报道NP@uY[E~lGg=。
谷歌的录音功能可以被禁用，但这样做意味着谷歌助手失去了一些技术功能*qn7u+fOzZ#u。关闭录音功能的用户，其谷歌助手将无法识别个人声音和学习其语音模式Z_WN24a%eIL5pYSrA*。
谷歌助手可以在超过10亿部设备上使用，包括智能手机和智能音箱NM^WxpWkSb^q)tc。它在智能音箱市场上越来越受欢迎，但用户仍然少于亚马逊&~zn1|s7UI8do=]NN。
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