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Cortana: Windows Phone 8.1's AI Assistant

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday March 04 2014, @03:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the At-least-it's-not-GlaDOS dept.

Member AnonTechie guides us to an article at The Verge, "Leak reveals Cortana, Windows Phone 8.1's mashup of Siri and Google Now."

From the article:

Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update will include Cortana, a personal digital assistant designed to rival Siri and Google Now. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge how Cortana looks and operates, replacing the built-in Bing search functionality on Windows Phone 8.1. While the feature is named after the Halo game series, Cortana will take the form of a circular animated icon instead of a female character. Cortana will animate when it's speaking or thinking, forming a personality not dissimilar to Apple's Siri.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by skullz on Tuesday March 04 2014, @03:38PM

    by skullz (2532) on Tuesday March 04 2014, @03:38PM (#10899)

    I've been disappointed with the Google implementation and don't have the overwhelming sense of superiority to mess with Siri so maybe Microsoft will do something good here.

    If I could trust Microsoft to be bloated and expensive I would actually feel better with my data being analyzed and and stored by them than by someone wanting to sell me Viagra pill advertisements. I wouldn't mind being minded for data if I had to pay a monthly fee, as sad as that is.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday March 04 2014, @04:50PM

    by c0lo (156) on Tuesday March 04 2014, @04:50PM (#10945)

    someone wanting to sell me Viagra pill advertisements.

    As opposed to what?...

    1. "Get the facts" campaign?
    2. "I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea"?
    3. the zillions of dirty tricks in the OOXML ISO fast-tracking?
    4. ?????
    5. profit!

    Thanks, I'll rather stay with the guys trying to sell me Viagra: one never knows when having one handy will save the day (or night)... only that sooner or later it will happen.

    • (Score: 1) by skullz on Tuesday March 04 2014, @05:37PM

      by skullz (2532) on Tuesday March 04 2014, @05:37PM (#10983)

      Exactly. They are focused on trying to get you to buy more crappy products and achieve world domination again. With Google you are the product.