Google responds to tech backlash with smartphone addiction tool

Google is seeking to reposition itself as a force of 'digital wellness' by unveiling a raft of artificial intelligence powered tools. The launch hopes to ease user's smartphone addiction and enable them to hold conversations with gadgets. 
The announcement came at the tech giants annual developer conference when Google chief executive, Sundar Pichai, set out his stall as a ‘positive force’. He stressed the benefits that technology can bring while skirting the soci