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Samsung Acquires Viv, an AI Startup Founded by the Creators of Siri
On Wednesday, Samsung announced the acquisition of Viv, an artificial intelligence startup that was created by Siri co-founders and former Apple employees Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Viv will operate as a separate entity from Samsung but it must provide services to the Korean tech...
Original Siri Engineer Leaves Apple for General Electric
According to a report from The Information, Darren Haas, who is one of the last remaining members of the original team that developed Siri, has left Apple to work at General Electric. Haas worked on Siri before it was purchased by Apple in 2010. Haas’s departure follows the departure of Steve D’Aurora, his fellow Siri...
Siri Creators Unveil the Next-Gen AI Assistant ‘Viv’ [VIDEO]
Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt NY today, co-creators of Siri Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer gave the first ever public demo of their advanced AI assistant called ‘Viv’ that promises to be “the intelligent interface for everything”. According to TheNextWeb, the 20-minute demo truly amazed the audience with a real-time demonstration of its impressive capabilities, including some truly complex inquiries....
Siri’s Creators to Present A More Advanced Virtual Assistant “Viv” Next Monday
Dag Kittlaus and his team created Siri, the virtual private assistant which is now part of iOS devices since its initial launch with the iPhone 4S. The company Kittlaus led was acquired by Apple in 2010. Now Kittlaus and his team are back. This time they claim they have built a more advanced Siri. Their...