Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to...

Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri::Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which was introduced in 2014 back when Windows Phone was still a thing. Similar to…

  • o_oli@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    1 year ago

    Microsoft isn’t giving up on assistants (as per the article), its just going down a different route, more AI focused. This is sensible because Cortana is a flop, nobody uses it, there is no need to leave it running.

    I’m certain Apple has the same plans around AI, however people still use Siri all the time. It’s not a flop, so it may as well stay running as more and more AI works its way over to it or its replacement.

    It’s really weird to me that anyone would want it shut down when it’s so easy to just not use it.

    • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      I too actually bothered to read the article.

      Cortana is trash. Bing’s AI isn’t perfect, but at least it’s not afraid to say “I don’t know”, instead of hallucinating some made up bullshit every single time. I mean it still does it, but not nearly as often and you can always check the sources it provides to confirm.

      It would be a lot better if it used Google search instead of Bing, however. Often times it can’t find the answer that a Google search can. That merger will never happen, though.