While we thought this might happen eventually, it looks like the powers that be had a much shorter timetable. Chatty AI bots Alexa from Amazon and Cortana from Microsoft are about to get much, much more friendly with each other. Amazon announced Wednesday morning that Alexa and Cortana will, yes, now be able to talk to each other AND work in a complimentary fashion, as it were.
And yes, you will be able to use one AI bot… to start up the other, as in “Alexa, open Cortana” and visa versa. Man, this could get really weird really fast. Anyway, Recode says the partnership, which so far does not include Apple’s Siri and Google Home AIs, will play to the other’s strengths. Cortana is good at running Microsoft stuff via voice, while Alexa is the better smart home hub. Now, it looks like they could both get better at things together.
Back to Siri and Google Home: Could they join the AI simpatico party? Both Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Microsoft boss Satya Nadella said they would welcome them both. An Amazon executive told the New York times that “my phone number is out there.” And we all know who’s good at calling people. Story:
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