Siri's creators introduce Viv, their new AI-powered private assistant

Siri could also be synonymous with the phrases "digital assistant," however Apple's sassy assistant will quickly have much more competitors -- and it should come from the identical individuals who first created Siri in 2007. Viv, a brand new synthetic intelligence-powered assistant app, simply made its formal public debut and it seems to be just like the app can be nicely definitely worth the wait. Dag Kittlaus, the corporate's CEO (and one of many authentic Siri cofounders), took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York on Monday to indicate off the assistant within the firm's first public demonstration of the app. All in all, the demo was a formidable one. The app is deal with advanced questions like, "Will or not it's hotter than 70 levels close to the Golden Gate Bridge after 5 pm the day after tomorrow?"