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Cortana: Windows Phone 8.1's AI Assistant

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday March 04 2014, @03:00PM   
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.

• Re:It looks like you're trying to find an app. Re:It looks like you're trying to find an app. (Score: 5, Funny) by wjwlsn on Tuesday March 04 2014, @03:38PM

  by wjwlsn (171) on Tuesday March 04 2014, @03:38PM (#10900) Homepage Journal

  That's too sophisticated. It'll probably be more like:

  Invalid filename or file not found
  Abort, Retry, Fail?

  --
  I am a traveler of both time and space. Duh.

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• Re:It looks like you're trying to find an app. (Score: 1) by Yow on Tuesday March 04 2014, @04:55PM

  by Yow (1637) on Tuesday March 04 2014, @04:55PM (#10950)

  I have no mod points so I give your comment a +1 insightful/funny

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