“Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer created the artificial intelligence behind Siri, Apple’s iconic digital assistant, and one of the first modern apps to capably handle natural language queries on a smartphone,” Ben Popper reports for The Verge.
“Today the pair showed off their newest creation, Viv, a next generation AI assistant that they have been developing in stealth mode for the last four years,” Popper reports. “The goal was to create a better version of Siri, one that connected to a multitude of services, instead of routinely shuffling queries off to a basic web search. During a 20-minute demo onstage at Disrupt NYC, Viv flawlessly handled a dozen complex requests, not just in terms of comprehension, but by connecting with third-party merchants to purchase goods and book reservations.”
Popper reports, “Viv responded to things like: ‘Was it raining in Seattle three Thursdays ago?’ and ‘Will it be warmer than 70 degrees near the Golden Gate Bridge after 5PM the day after tomorrow?’ But she could also handle more social queries like: ‘Send Adam 20 bucks” and “Send my mom some flowers.'”
The team behind Siri debuts its next-gen AI “Viv” at #TCDisrupt https://t.co/m3Kf6OrtXc
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Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Wow, natural language comprehension is really getting good!