IDG Contributor Network: How the Siri team could change retail

I was intrigued by a story last week about the founders of Apple's Siri and the follow-on A.I. virtual assistant they are finalizing, called Viv. It depicted the team ordering a pizza in San Jose — a very complicated pizza order, with multiple toppings, multiples pizzas, size changes and sides — solely by voice commands.

"They had ordered pizza, from start to finish, without placing a single phone call and without doing a Google search — without any typing at all, actually. Moreover, they did it without downloading an app from Domino’s or Grubhub," said The Washington Post piece, referring to the launch team for Viv.

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