Baidu adds an AI personal assistant, Duer, to its mobile search app
As Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana introduces herself to new Windows 10 users around the world, Chinese search giant Baidu is adding its own AI-based assistant, Duer, to a mobile app used by millions of Chinese.
Baidu showed off Duer's ability to place orders online with a version of the software embodied in a a cute little robot. After a brief dialog to establish the user's wishes, Duer ordered two lattes for delivery in 15 minutes during a demo on Tuesday.
Baidu has no immediate plans to sell the robot, but the AI software powering it was incorporated Tuesday into Mobile Baidu, an app that runs on Android or iOS, platforms that already offer their own virtual assistants, Google Now and Siri.
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