Microsoft's Future Cortana AI To Sound More Human Thanks To Semantic Machines Acquisition

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What Microsoft wants in the future is a "rich and effective" communication that allows the AI assistant to have a natural dialog with the user rather than just responding to commands.That machine learning enables the user to discover, access, and interact with information and services in a more natural way and with less effort.Microsoft has been pushing research and breakthroughs in the fundamental building blocks needed for conversational AI like speech recognition and natural language understanding for over 20 years.One of its big steps in the field was the release of pre-built Cognitive Services for infusing speech recognition and natural language understanding into intelligent assistants.Microsoft says that its purchase of Semantic Machines allows it to establish a conversational AI center of excellence in Berkeley to push the boundaries of what is possible in language interfaces.

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