Morning roundup of Artificial Intelligence news for October 9, 2016

Samsung has acquired the Viv AI Assistant creators of the Siri. The famous Apple assistant was co-founded by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer, and Chris Brigham. Apple acquired Siri in 2010 but the trio left Apple in 2012. Since then, they founded Viv, which continues to operate as an independent company. Viv is being touted as the global brain, thanks to its intelligent interface.