‘Viv’ is a next-gen AI assistant that runs circles around Siri, Alexa and Cortana

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by Sindy Cator on May 9, 2016 at 6:48 pm

One of the brains behind Apple’s iconic digital assistant Siri, Dag Kittlaus, took to the stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC to show off his new project, Viv — an AI assistant that aims to be “the intelligent interface for everything.” The 20-minute demo wowed the audience with a real-time demonstration of some really impressive capabilities. What started with simple questions about the weather turned into some truly complex inquiries like: “Will it be warmer than 70-degrees near the Golden Gate Bridge after 5pm the day after tomorrow?” Viv delivered the answer in a matter of seconds, and correctly handled numerous…