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7 months ago

Elon Musk on Satya Nadella's Microsoft Recall comment: 'Turning this feature...'

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella was seen in a video talked about a powerful artificial intelligence tool- a photographic memory feature called Recall that will "remember and understand everything you do on your computer by taking constant screenshots". In the video, Satya Nadella said, “It's not keyword search, it's semantic search over all your history. We can recreate moments from the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Apple may announce this big update to 'Hey Siri' at WWDC 2023. Know details

Hindustan Times

Apple may bring in a major update to the trigger phrase used to activate its virtual assistant Siri at the WWDC 2023, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. In November, Bloomberg reported that Apple is working on a way for ‌Siri‌ to be able to understand commands without the need to use "Hey ‌Siri‌". In November, Gurman had reported that …

Apple Siri Update Hey Gurman Virtual Assistant

1 year, 9 months ago

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella slams voice assistants, says Cortana, Siri and Alexa are dumb as a rock

India Today

Microsoft was making a lot of headlines a couple of days back due to its latest AI-powered product, the all new Bing chatbot. However, generative AI isn't a new concept as voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Microsoft also use AI technologies. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, in an interview with Financial Times, talked about the first voice assistants-- Cortana, Alexa …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Keep those lips sealed! Tech companies can now read them

The Hindu

“Start navigation, please,” said the driver in the car with noisy passengers. But a smart AI-powered system complimented by a large dataset of possible combinations of lip movements and words can accurately decode the speaker’s words, Prof Shah described in a research paper titled ‘Harnessing AI for Speech Reconstruction using Multi-View Silent Video Feed’. Prof Shah’s team is said to …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Cortana Will Not Spook You When You Set Up A Windows 11 PC; Thank You, Microsoft?

News 18

Hi Cortana, you need to go and sit in a corner now. Cortana, the virtual assistant, will no longer step in without a beg your pardon and start guiding you, as you switch on your new Windows 11 PC for the first time. Even better, this depreciation of Cortana will roll out with Windows 11 right from the start, and …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft discontinues the Cortana app for Android and iOS users: All you need to know

Firstpost

The Cortana content created by users – such as reminders and lists – will still be accessible through Cortana in Windows. Microsoft has discontinued its Cortana app for both iOS and Android users. The official statement, “As of 31 March 2021, the Cortana content you created–such as reminders and lists–will no longer function in the Cortana mobile app, but can …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft shuts down Cortana app for Android and iOS

India Today

Microsoft has shut down its Cortana app for Android and iOS. For affected users, Cortana reminders, lists, and tasks are also automatically synced to the Microsoft To-Do app -- available as a free download on iOS and Android. Also, Cortana reminders, lists, and tasks are automatically synced to the Microsoft To-Do app, which you can download to your phone for …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Microsoft allows users more control over their voice clips

India TV News

Microsoft has given customers more control over whether their voice data is used to improve products and now, people using Cortana will be able to decide whether or not the audio recordings can be used by the tech giant to improve its speech recognition algorithms. Microsoft said that the new updates let customers decide if people can listen to recordings …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Microsoft Windows iconic “Start” button turned 25 this week

The Hindu

This week marked the silver jubilee year of Windows 95 – the OS version which introduced the iconic “Start” button. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates described it as “unique software designed for the serious PC user.” The GUI introduced files and folders icons to Windows users. “Start” menu and the Internet 1995 marked the release of the next major version of …

Support Microsoft Users Version Launched Windows Windows 10

4 years, 4 months ago

Microsoft Cortana apps for Android, iOS to shut next year: Here's why