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Which Digital Assistant Will Fail Next Year?

Nick Kolakowski, 

January 5, 2018

Tech firms (and more than a few independent developers) have embraced voice-activated digital assistants as the way of the future. Amazon’s Echo devices, powered by Alexa, …

No A.I. Assistant Smarter Than a Six-Year-Old: Study

Nate Swanner, 

October 11, 2017

Big tech companies want us all to embrace digital assistants in a big way. While users know this, it’s rare that you find someone enthusing about …

Microsoft, Amazon A.I. Alliance May Fix Their Weaknesses

Nick Kolakowski, 

September 5, 2017

Last week, Microsoft and Amazon announced they would allow Cortana and Alexa, their respective digital assistants, to interoperate. At least at first glance, the partnership is …

Microsoft’s A.I. Efforts are Starting to Feel Smart

Nate Swanner, 

May 12, 2017

Build 2017 is surfacing a new truth for Microsoft: artificial intelligence (A.I.) is how the company thinks we’ll interact with computers, smartphones and maybe even each …

Build: What ‘Intelligent Cloud, Intelligent Edge’ Means

Nate Swanner, 

May 11, 2017

At this year’s Build conference, Microsoft offered some interesting new tools for developers, but one theme was repetitive: “Intelligent Cloud, Intelligent Edge.” It’s a new conversation …

Microsoft Unveils Cortana Speaker Ahead Of Build

Nate Swanner, 

May 9, 2017

The forgotten contender in the digital assistant race is Cortana, Microsoft’s proprietary offering. To better compete with Google and Amazon, there’s now a Cortana-laden mini-speaker tower …

Microsoft’s Cortana Coming to iOS, Android

Nick Kolakowski, 

March 13, 2015

Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant is headed to iOS and Google Android devices, according to a new report by Reuters. The launch of Cortana as a standalone …