AI Agents Could Finally Make Siri And Alexa Truly Useful

Voice assistants like SIri and Alexa could get a much needed boost by AI agents.NurPhoto via Getty Images In 2016, when newly-minted Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled the Google Assistant as part of his new “AI-first” agenda, he touted the fledgling voice assistant as a tool to help people complete tasks. “The Google Assistant allows you to get things done, bringing you the information you need, when you need it, wherever you are,” he wrote in a blog post at the time. It was a lofty goal that has, for the most part, fallen short. Too often, the software gets stumped by a request, defaulting to a web search and apologetically saying it can’t help. That led people to relegate voice assistants to simple tasks like setting cooking timers, […]

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