ALEXA PRIZE SOCIALBOT GRAND CHALLENGE 5: APPLICATIONS DUE OCT 5TH The Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5 is a great opportunity for faculty and students to advance the state of the art in conversational AI ... and win prizes up to and including the $1 million Grand Challenge award ! Participating teams will receive a $250,000 research grant, Alexa-enabled devices, access to our CoBot conversational AI toolkit, free AWS services to support their research, and most importantly the ability to access real world users at scale to test and evolve their innovations in conversational AI. Come and join the #alexaprize<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=alexaprize&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6977049070427156480> community. Applications are due October 5th, so apply today and/or spread the word with your network. You can learn more here: https://www.amazon.science/alexa-prize/socialbot-grand-challenge/2022 #alexa<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=alexa&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6977049070427156480> #alexaprize<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=alexaprize&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6977049070427156480> #amazonscience<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=amazonscience&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6977049070427156480> #conversationalai<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=conversationalai&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6977049070427156480> #ai<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=ai&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6977049070427156480> #nlp<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=nlp&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6977049070427156480> #voicefirst<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/voicefirst/> #chatbots<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/chatbots> Best, Michael Johnston Applied Science Manager Alexa Prize Amazon Alexa AI