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This was my first thought when I realized Siri is like an agent in semweb-speak. Does anyone know of any Google acquisitions in this space? Aardvark comes to m

This was my first thought when I realized Siri is like an agent in semweb-speak. Does anyone know of any Google acquisitions in this space? Aardvark comes to mind, but it wasn't an autonomous system... perhaps their NLP work was state of the art? Any other startups working on this kind of stuff?

marc44 17y ago
Back in October, SIRI's execs admitted that they had problems handling access to more than 6 APIs at one time due to "cross talk" problems with the NLP. So, they face what we all do with NLP when an "agent" has to handle too much. The value here is in applying SIRI to very small one-off Apps to make them more intelligent. Yes, other startups are definitely working in this space -- and, it's important to note that SIRI is only a licensed technology, not a proprietary technology, whereas other companies have wholly owned IP. If you search for AI and AI, mobile, Interactive Conversation, Mobile and Retail to mobile, you'll probably find the Others working in this area.