Left to right: Michael Opara and Lauren Kim founding engineers; Alan Cowen, founder, CEO and chief scientist; and Janet Ho, COO, are building "emotionally intelligent" AI models.Hume Alan Cowen feigns a dejected expression. “My dog died this morning,” he says, speaking to an AI model from startup Hume that claims to detect more than 24 distinct emotional expressions lacing a person’s voice — from nostalgia to awkwardness to anxiety — and respond to them accordingly. “I'm so sorry to hear about y...