New services from Microsoft Cortana and Amazon Alexa show the rapid evolution of metabot platforms — including those Google Home / Assistant, Apple Siri, Samsung Bixby — as each vie for primacy among intelligent assistants.
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LinkedIn Will Bring Richer Context to Cortana in its Role as an Enterprise Intelligent Assistant
Imagine the possibilities if we give Cortana access to our LinkedIn profiles, network of connections, groups and complete set of professional interests.
Microsoft’s VoloMetrix Acquisition Foreshadows Enterprise Intelligent Advisors
By adding operational analytics specialist VoloMetrix, Microsoft now has the opportunity to deliver future enterprise use cases where insightful, intelligent advisors optimize meeting planning and increase employee productivity.
Facebook Launches M, the Mobile, Messenger-Based Intelligent Assistant That Taps Human Expertise
Facebook soft-launches an intelligent virtual assistant embedded within the company’s Messenger iOS and Android apps that combines artificial intelligence with human-supervised assistance.
Cortana Analytics: Microsoft’s Push Into Enterprise Intelligent Assistance
With the announcement of Cortana Analytics Suite, Microsoft is offering intelligent assistance for the enterprise with business-ready components for machine learning and predictive analytics.
How Google, Apple, and Microsoft Are Building Intelligent Assistants for the Enterprise
The Big Three — Apple, Google, and Microsoft — are devoting significant research and development to improve their personal intelligent assistant offerings and further embed them into an enterprise application ecosystem.
Microsoft Makes “Intelligent Assistance” Central to Staying Relevant
Cortana is positioned to be the highly personalized, human-like front-end to all of Microsoft’s software, services and devices.
2015-The Year Intelligent Assistance Takes Off For Real
Because these ongoing commercial conversations take place over time and a multitude of channels, it has become clear that the persistent presence of an Intelligent Assistant is taking on great value.
Intelligent Assistants Conference Gives Visibility to the Growing Phenomenon
Opus Research’s Intelligent Assistants Conference brought together industry leaders improving customer experience and self-service efficiency with personal virtual assistants. San Francisco Bay Area’s ABCNews 7 took notice.