Highly Decorated Academic Achieves One of
ISCA’s Most Prestigious Honors for an Individual in the Field of
Speech Science and Technology
Brand Engagement Network (“BEN”), a leading provider of
personalized customer engagement AI technology and human-like AI
avatars, today announced that Dr. Hanseok Ko, BEN Co-CTO &
Co-Founder Lead AI Researcher has been elected a Fellow of the
International Speech Communication Association. The recognition is
a key milestone in Dr. Ko’s highly decorated career as a scientist,
artificial intelligence (AI) expert and academic and highlights his
extensive contributions to the field.
Over the past three decades, Dr. Ko has established himself as a
leading expert in AI, signal processing, and spoken language
technology. Dr. Ko was credited as the main developer of the core
audio/speech interface platform for Hyundai/Kia Motors and has
authored/co-authored more than 700 papers in artificial
intelligence (deep learning) and signal processing areas. He is
also the inventor of more than 70 patents (issued or pending) in
the US and Korea.
“I’ve dedicated my entire career to studying and developing new
technology that can perceive, understand, and generate
speech/acoustic/image signals – which is critical to human-machine
interaction,” said Dr. Hanseok Ko, BEN Co-CTO & Co-Founder Lead
AI Researcher. “I believe AI is more prevalent and advanced today
than it has ever been, putting us in a unique position to innovate
and develop new ways to take advantage of the technology. It’s an
honor to be elected a Fellow of the International Speech
Communication Association and I look forward to working with the
organization that has given me so much support.”
The International Speech Communication Association is an
organization to promote, in an international world-wide context,
activities and exchanges in all fields related to speech
communication science and technology. The association is aimed at
all persons and institutions interested in fundamental research and
technological development that aims at describing, explaining and
reproducing the various aspects of human communication by speech,
that is, without assuming this enumeration to be exhaustive,
phonetics, linguistics, computer speech recognition and synthesis,
speech compression, speaker recognition, aids to medical diagnosis
of voice pathologies.
The recognition comes on the heels of BEN’s announcement of its
entry into a definitive agreement to agree to go public via a
merger with DHC Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DHCA). For more
information about BEN and Dr. Ko’s AI research please visit:
www.beninc.ai
About BEN
BEN (Brand Engagement Network) is a leading provider of
conversational AI technology and human-like AI avatars
headquartered in Jackson, WY. BEN delivers highly personalized,
multi-modal (text, voice, and vision) AI engagement, with a focus
on industries where there is a massive workforce gap and an
opportunity to transform how consumers engage with networks,
providers, and brands. The backbone of BEN’s success is a rich
portfolio of conversational AI applications that drive better
customer experience, increased automation and operational
efficiencies. Powered by years of research and development from
leading experts in AI and advanced security methodologies, BEN
seeks to partner with companies with complementary capabilities and
networks to enable meaningful business outcomes.
Additional information about BEN can be found here:
https://beninc.ai/
Important Information About the Business Combination and
Where to Find It
In connection with the BEN’s announcement of its intent to go
public via a merger with DHC Acquisition Corp. (“DHC”) (the
“Business Combination”), DHC intends to file a registration
statement on Form S-4 (the “Form S-4”) with the SEC, which will
serve as a preliminary proxy statement of DHC . DHC will mail a
definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents to its
shareholders. DHC’s shareholders and other interested persons are
advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement
and any amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement and
documents incorporated by reference therein filed in connection
with the Business Combination, as these materials will contain
important information about DHC, BEN and the Business Combination.
When available, the definitive proxy statement and other relevant
materials for the Business Combination will be mailed to
shareholders of DHC as of a record date to be established for
voting on the Business Combination. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE
DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS CAREFULLY
AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT DHC, BEN AND THE BUSINESS
COMBINATION. Shareholders will also be able to obtain copies of the
preliminary proxy statement, the definitive proxy statement and
other documents filed with the SEC that will be incorporated by
reference therein, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: DHC
Acquisition Corp., 1900 West Kirkwood Blvd, Suite 1400B, Southlake,
TX 76092 or by emailing chris@integrity.partners.
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may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from
DHC’s shareholders with respect to the Business Combination. A list
of the names of those directors and executive officers and a
description of their interests in the Business Combination will be
set forth in the Form S-4. Certain information regarding the
directors and executive officers of DHC is contained in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources
indicated above
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the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are not
historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results of DHC and BEN to differ materially from those
expected and projected. These forward-looking statements can be
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words “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,”
“plans,” “may,” “will,” “potential,” “projects,” “predicts,”
“continue,” or “should,” or, in each case, their negative or other
variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, statements regarding DHC’s
ability to enter into definitive agreements or consummate a
transaction with BEN and the expected timing of completion of the
Business Combination.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are
outside DHC’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that
may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: the
inability of the Parties to successfully or timely consummate the
Business Combination; the risk that the Business Combination may
not be completed by DHC’s business combination deadline and the
potential failure to obtain an extension of the Business
Combination deadline by DHC; failure to realize the anticipated
benefits of the Business Combination; risks relating to the
uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to
BEN; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that
could give rise to the termination of the definitive transaction
agreement; BEN’s history of operating losses; BEN’s need for
additional capital to support its present business plan and
anticipated growth; technological changes in BEN’s market; the
value and enforceability of BEN’s intellectual property
protections; BEN’s ability to protect its intellectual property;
BEN’s material weaknesses in financial reporting; and BEN’s ability
to navigate complex regulatory requirements; the ability to
maintain the listing of DHC’s securities on a national securities
exchange; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and
other expectations after the completion of the Business
Combination; the effects of competition on BEN’s business; the
risks of operating and effectively managing growth in evolving and
uncertain macroeconomic conditions, such as high inflation and
recessionary environments; and continuing risks relating to the
COVID 19 pandemic. The foregoing list of factors is not
exhaustive.
DHC and BEN caution that the foregoing list of factors is not
exclusive. DHC and BEN caution readers not to place undue reliance
upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date made. None of BEN nor DHC undertakes nor accepts any
obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change
in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any such statement is based. Further
information about factors that could materially affect DHC,
including its results of operations and financial condition, is set
forth under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of DHC’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2022.
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solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of BEN or DHC or a
solicitation of any vote or approval. No offer of securities shall
be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of
Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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