New Siri sibling Viv may be next step in AI evolution<article>
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With the creators of Siri offering up a new personal assistant that won't just tell you what pizza is but can order one for you, artificial intelligence is showing a huge leap forward.</p><p>
Viv is an artificial intelligence (AI) platform built by Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, the creators of the AI behind Apple's Siri, the most well-known digital assistant in the world.</p><p>
Siri is known for answering questions, like how old Harrison Ford is, and reminding you to buy milk on the way home.</p><p>
Viv, though, promises to go well past that.</p><p>
Earlier this week during an onstage demo at Disrupt NYC, Kittlaus showed off Viv. This created an online buzz about the assistant's ability to not just answer questions or fire up a timer on a smartphone, but to answer complex questions and to interact with third-party services as well as online businesses.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3068601/emerging-technology/new-siri-sibling-viv-may-be-next-step-in-ai-evolution.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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New Siri sibling Viv may be next step in AI evolution
