When Scott Forstall did the demonstration from Siri 5 years ago, we could say that artificial intelligence was only seen in science fiction movies. Actually, I do not believe that Siri is an AI software (I think that AI has to be much more), if not one that understands more or less what we ask of it and responds to something that they have previously programmed. Maybe this is what you want to change Viv, the company that created the virtual assistant that has been with us since 2011 on all iOS devices and other Apple products.
We have known about Viv Labs for several years, but they have not created anything since they were part of the team that created Siri. According to The Washington Post, next Monday Viv will launch its first artificial intelligence assistant, a software that, according to what we can read in a tweet from Dag Kittlaus, has been in development for three and a half years.
Viv prepares to launch a new assistant
Showtime next week after 3.5 years of work. https://t.co/s0i6gfu4BX
- Dag Kittlaus (@Dagk) May 4, 2016
Show time will be next week after 3.5 years of work
The third part of the team behind Siri is now in Viv and they intend to complete a bigger dream that will be able to do much more than Apple's virtual assistant can. This sounds great, but we will have to wait until next Monday to see if they get what they want.
Viv aims to be an open system, more or less like the original version of Siri was before Apple bought the software in 2010. As far as is known, it currently includes links to applications and services such as Uber, FTD, SeatGuru and GrubHub. In the Washington Post publication they give as an example that we can order a Domino's pizza without having to make the call, which on the one hand shows the potential of your software but, realistically, to have to talk like this with a machine, maybe it's better to call and talk to a person or use an app, right? In any case, we will see what they have prepared for us on Monday, May 9.
Thanks for the news, let's wait to see.