Viv AI platform likely commercialized in 2017: Samsung CTO

Samsung Electronics will likely start applying Viv's AI technology to its own products and services by the second half of 2017, the company's CTO has said, following Samsung's acquisition of the platform. "The big direction in the industry is using interfaces that utilize AI," said Injoing Rhee, CTO of Samsung's mobile business. "And maturity of AI technology has improved dramatically over the years." Viv was rumored to have been approached by Facebook and Google prior to Samsung's announcement. The South Korean tech giant was in talks with the AI platform developer for two years, according to Rhee, and the US firm found Samsung to be the best partner.