Siri’s creators launch new personal assistant: Viv

The team that brought the world Siri – the personal assistant found on iOS devices – has revealed its new virtual assistant: Viv.

Viv was shown off at the recent TechCrunch Disrupt event, reported Engadget, with the aim of showing users the next level of intuitive software.

Viv doesn’t have a virtual voice like Siri, but one is planned for the near future.

The virtual assistant relies on Nuance’s technology for speech recognition – the same as Siri – but uses a combination of natural language technology and “dynamic program generation”, which Viv’s creators said allows the assistant to “create its own programming”.

The TechCrunch presentation is posted below.

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