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by visarga 3561 days ago
From what I know, Google's NLP service does not include intent extraction. Intent extraction is essential for voice command interfaces, such as those in Siri and Google Now. But I don't see why they would need to buy a startup for that, when they can do it themselves even better.
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What about the possibility of Google being scared of being outrun or innovated out of its position in the AI race? Google does not have a monopoly on smart people.
"Remind me ______ in two hours"

One day Siri kept hearing that as "into hours" and I almost lost it.