Meet 'Snips,' A Virtual Assistant That Doesn't Talk Back

Snips is a new take on the virtual personal assistant. Science fiction has enrapt the world with conversational artificial intelligence. Iron Man's Jarvis is the most notable culprit, but Her's Samantha and even the droids in Star Wars imagine a world where supercomputers integrate seamlessly into our everyday life. But that's not the only way for computers to help. Snips, a French company just launching in the United States, has a different idea about how to serve as a personal assistant. Snips connects to every relevant data stream in your phone--contacts, email, calendar, accelerometer, location data--and logs everything.