Siri, made by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Tom Gruber of Stanford Research Institute for Apple, has a new artificial intelligence (AI) sister. Viv, as the "global brain" AI product is called, comes from the same creator as Apple's Siri and is designed in the vein of Ironman Tony Stark's butler JARVIS.
Siri is geared toward making the Apple iOS experience seamless and enjoyable for the more basic tasks. AI Viv is designed to make the assistance even more personal.
Showtime next week after 3.5 years of work. https://t.co/s0i6gfu4BX
— Dag Kittlaus (@Dagk) May 4, 2016
More advanced than Siri, AI Viv will need neither app download nor touch activation. All tasks are initiated by voice. AI Viv is one step closer to mimicking Ironman's J.A.R.V.I.S (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System).
The Washington Post reports that a demo of what AI Viv can do involved placing an order for four custom-made pizzas from Pizz'a Chicago. The eight engineers, who all together gave AI Viv their orders as a group, received their Pizz'a Chicago within 40 minutes. The order was made purely with voice command to AI Viv. No phone call or Google search were made at any point.
Time to show a small slice of what's to come in AI and the future of Intelligent Assistants. https://t.co/RBtzXjx0tU — Dag Kittlaus (@Dagk) April 7, 2016
Mashable reports that Siri creators Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer partnered with as many as 50 companies for AI Viv. Among these partners are Uber, Ivee, SeatGuru, Zocdoc and Grubhub.
Google and Facebook reportedly are among the top suitors for AI Viv. However, Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer have not given any indication as to their leaning on the company to house AI Viv. Possibly, Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer may take the independent route with AI Viv.
Siri, more or less, set the bar for virtual assistance. Google followed suit with Google Now, Microsoft with Cortana and Amazon with Alexa. Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer are setting a new arena with AI Viv.
