Samsung needs data before Bixby is ready for English speakers

Wondering why Samsung still hasn't enabled Bixby voice features in English despite promising a launch in the spring? A spokesperson tells the Korea Herald that the company just doesn't have enough "big data" to make its AI-powered voice assistant available in languages besides Korean. It needs that extra knowledge to train Bixby's deep learning system, the Herald says. That's borne out by US beta testing: Samsung says there have been some'unsatisfactory' responses so far. An unnamed source for the Herald also claims that it's made worse by the geographical and linguistic barriers between Samsung's Korean headquarters and researchers in California.