Viv (software)
{{Short description|Intelligent personal assistant software}}
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Viv is a discontinued intelligent personal assistant created by the developers of Siri.
History
It debuted on May 9, 2016, at TechCrunch Disrupt New York. Compared to Siri, the software's platform is open and can accommodate external plug-ins written to work with the assistant. It can also handle more complex queries. The development team has been working on the software since 2012 and had raised over $22 million in funding by early 2015 and $30 million by early 2016.
On October 5, 2016, the software and its developer, Viv Labs, Inc. (formerly Six Five Labs, Inc.) was acquired by Samsung Electronics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=285780040|title=Viv Labs, Inc.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-04-06}}
The following month, it was revealed that a personal assistant software would be available on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+. This, however, turned out to be Bixby, which was a relaunch{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} of S Voice, rather than based on Viv. In October 2017, Samsung announced Viv Labs technology would be integrated into Bixby 2.0.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-18 |title=Samsung unveils Bixby 2.0 with long-awaited Viv Labs integration |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/samsung-unveils-bixby-2-0-with-long-awaited-viv-labs-integration/ |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}
Patents
- {{cite web
|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140380263
|title=US 20140380263 A1: Dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system based on third-party developers
|author=Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, Adam Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus
|publisher=Google Patents
|work=Six Five Labs, Inc.
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- {{cite web
|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140380268
|title=US 20140380268 A1: Dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system planning
|author=Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, Adam Cheyer
|publisher=Google Patents
|work=Six Five Labs, Inc.
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- {{cite web
|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140380285
|title=US 20140380285 A1: Dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system based on a natural language intent interpreter
|author=Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, Adam Cheyer
|publisher=Google Patents
|work=Six Five Labs, Inc.
}}
- {{cite web
|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140379615
|title=US 20140379615 A1: Dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system based on prompting for additional user input
|author=Mark Gabel, Christopher Brigham, Adam Cheyer
|publisher=Google Patents
|work=Six Five Labs, Inc.
}}
See also
References
{{reflist|refs=
|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/4/11593564/viv-labs-unveiling-monday-new-ai-from-siri-creators
|title=Siri's creators will unveil their new AI bot on Monday
|author=Jacob Kastrenakes
|date=May 4, 2016
|publisher=Vox Media
|work=The Verge
}}
|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/9/11639992/viv-digital-assistant-ai-artificial-intelligence-siri
|title=The creators of Siri just showed off their next AI assistant, Viv, and it's incredible
|author=Ben Popper
|date=May 9, 2016
|publisher=Vox Media
|work=The Verge
}}
|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/08/viv/
|title=Siri's Inventors Are Building a Radical New AI That Does Anything You Ask
|date=August 12, 2014
|magazine=WIRED
}}
|url=http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a34630/viv-artificial-intelligence-0515/
|title=Viv Is a New Artificial Intelligence from the Inventors of Siri
|author=John H. Richardson
|date=April 28, 2015
|work=Esquire
}}
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/05/04/siris-creators-say-theyve-made-something-better-that-will-take-care-of-everything-for-you/
|title=Siri's creators say they've made something better that will take care of everything for you
|author=Elizabeth Dwoskin
|date=May 4, 2016
|newspaper=Washington Post
}}
|title=Samsung to launch AI digital assistant service for Galaxy S8
|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-smartphones-idUSKBN13101Q
|access-date=20 November 2016
|work=Reuters
|date=6 November 2016
}}
|last1=Panzarino
|first1=Matthew
|title=Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by the creators of Apple's Siri
|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/05/samsung-acquires-viv-a-next-gen-ai-assistant-built-by-creators-of-apples-siri/
|access-date=10 October 2016
|work=TechCrunch
|date=5 October 2016
}}
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/31/viv-artificial-intelligence-wants-to-run-your-life-siri-personal-assistants
|title=Meet Viv: the AI that wants to read your mind and run your life
|author=Zoë Corbyn
|work=the Guardian
|date=January 31, 2016
}}
|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/20/viv-built-by-siris-creators-scores-12-5-million-for-an-ai-technology-that-can-teach-itself/
|title=Viv, Built By Siri's Creators, Scores $12.5 Million For An AI Technology That Can Teach Itself
|date=February 20, 2015
|publisher=AOL
|work=TechCrunch
}}
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External links
- {{official website}}
{{Samsung Electronics}}
{{Intelligent personal assistant software|state=expanded}}