Siri: Will Viv will be better?

[Cleoriff]

The creators of Siri... Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer have developed a new app which they claim will be superior to Siri. They have called it Viv and dubbed it the Global Brain..

Apparently it is vastly superior at decoding complex queries

The app was unveiled at theTechCrunch Disrupt event in New York last night

Mr Kittlaus demonstrated how Viv would generate its own programs almost instantly by picking up keywords and information points.

It will be rolled out later this year..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36253428

[PhoneChanger]

Will be interesting to see how this develops (or whether Apple or another company will swallow it up to prevent competition)

[MI5]

Didn't Apple originally buy the Siri idea?
It would make sense to do the same and integrate it into a "super" app.

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
Didn't Apple originally buy the Siri idea?
It would make sense to do the same and integrate it into a "super" app.

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Yes Apple did buy it @MI5 which is why the two creators of Siri left because of 'conflict of interest'

They have so far resisted a buy out from various interested parties (so they say in the article-

[MI5]

I would imagine the potential buy out cost would be huge!

[gindygoo]

From the article it seems these guys want to "go it alone" and I wish them the best but unfortunately I don't really see it being a success without the backing of one of the big guys 😞

Interesting article though, I'll keep an eye on that.

[Cleoriff]

They are such a small team so you can only can wish them well....However the final statement in the article says this...

The Viv team hopes its distinctive "V" logo is going to become as recognisable as the wi-fi or Bluetooth symbols we see everyday.

But in order for that to happen, the 26-strong team at Viv needs to win a fight it has picked with the biggest technology companies in the world.

Best of luck...

[jonsie]

I wish them well but they need to get very big and very soon. I am sure that at some stage they will need to link up with one of the big names.

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

I wish them well but they need to get very big and very soon. I am sure that at some stage they will need to link up with one of the big names.

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You are probably right...but as they tried Apple with Siri...I doubt they will be entertaining them as a viable company...

[Anonymous]

Originally Siri was a third party app until Apple bought the company & decided to integrate it into iOS as a standard feature