Artificial intelligence (AI) can diagnose illnesses, fight parking tickets, and now, AI is being to find humans love. Dating app Hinge is currently testing a virtual assistant called'Audrey' that will act as the user's wing woman – it talks to their matches and sets up a date. The technology is currently in beta, but Hinge is said to offer the service for $99 a month in bid to'say goodbye to matching, messaging and scheduling'. Dating app Hinge is currently testing a virtual assistant called'Audrey' that will act as the user's wing woman – it talks to their matches and sets up a date. Audrey was designed to chat with a users matches and setup a date between the two.

In the Marvel universe, billionaire Tony Stark/Iron Man has Jarvis, a personal AI to anticipate his needs and streamline his life. When I mention this to Collie Brown, founder and CEO of Arghon, a personal AI company, he gives a knowing smile. A moment before he described his AI product as a "life assistant." "There's the Watsons of the world, geared towards large scale data and the like," Brown said. "Arghon's about you, what's happening in your life from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed. Our goal is to manage what happens in between that."

Starbucks is continuing its efforts to stay on top of technological trends by adding new voice-ordering functions to its iOS app and Amazon's Alexa digital assistant. Called "My Starbucks barista" on iOS, the service is being rolled out to select customers today as an extension of the company's Mobile Order and Pay feature, which lets users send and pay for an order ahead of time. At the same time, the company is launching a Starbucks Reorder Skill to the Alexa platform. My Starbucks barista was previously announced at the company's Investor Day in December, and uses an AI-powered messaging interface like many existing chatbots. You'll be able to speak your order, and customize your food and drink to your personal preferences, according to Starbucks.

As my loved ones will tell you, I have a fairly expensive coffee habit. And Starbucks might have just made it worse by announcing "voice ordering" for the company's iPhone app, as well as Amazon's Alexa. Before I would have to open the Starbucks app and tap in my order, submit it, and wait for the payment to process. But the company's new Starbucks Reorder skill for Alexa will remove much of the order friction by simply allowing me to say, "Alexa, order my Starbucks." Alexa will then ask me about my order, and with that, my coveted Cinnamon Dolce latte will be on its way.

Does your digital assistant know who it's talking to? A wearable device prototype could let voice-controlled assistants like Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa recognise their owner so they don't take orders from anyone else. The VAuth device, developed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, uses an accelerometer hidden in a pair of glasses or earphones or worn around the neck. The accelerometer measures vibrations created as the wearer speaks. An algorithm then compares those vibrations with the audio signal received by the digital assistant. If the vibrations and the audio match, then the voice command is received as normal.

FILE - This Dec. 20, 2010, file photo, shows signage at a Starbucks store in New York. Starbucks is launching voice ordering though its iPhone app. Starting Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, anyone with a device that has an Amazon device with Alexa, like the Echo smart speaker, is able to place a Starbucks order by just using their voice. Starbucks is also launching a beta test of voice ordering through its iPhone app. The Seattle-based coffee giant says the feature is being rolled out to a limited group of 1,000 people nationwide Monday.

We can't deny that artificial intelligence assistants have come flooding in the market lately. You have Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple's Siri, and Microsoft Cortana. Finnish tech company Nokia is also getting in on the AI Assistant bandwagon. Its name is Multi-purpose Intuitive Knowledge Assistant or simply MIKA. The announcement for Nokia's new AI voice assistant comes a month before Nokia's expected appearance at the Mobile World Congress.

Amid Nokia's planned comeback in the smartphone scene, there were reports that the Finnish company was also interested in joining the digital assistant trend. However, it seems Nokia does not have any intention of joining the major players in the growing market. In fact, the formerly top cellphone maker is not planning to position its voice-activated assistant as a direct rival to Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana and Google's Google Assistant. Nokia's smart assistant's name, MIKA, has a nice ring to it mainly because it is an acronym that stands for what it is and what it does. Short for Multi-purpose Intuitive Knowledge Assistant, MIKA is not like any of the digital assistants that are being marketed as commercial services at present.

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