Exclusive: Microsoft's digital assistant to head to Android, Apple devices

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g0p4QoRg5meuSBvlAPb7fw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-03-13T111635Z_1_LYNXMPEB2C0G9_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-MICROSOFT.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-microsofts-digital-assistant-head-android-apple-devices-111635654--finance.html)By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft is working on an advanced version of its competitor to Apple's Siri, using research from an artificial intelligence project called "Einstein." --- Microsoft has been running its "personal assistant" Cortana-on its Windows phones for a year, and will put the new version on the desktop with the arrival of Windows 10 this autumn. Later, Cortana will be available as a standalone app, usable on phones and tablets powered by Apple Inc's iOS and Google Inc's Android, people familiar with the project said. --- "This kind of technology, which can read and understand email, will play a central role in the next roll out of Cortana, which we are working on now for the fall time frame," said Eric Horvitz, managing director of Microsoft Research and a part of the Einstein project, in an interview at the company's Redmond, Washington, headquarters.- ----The plan to put Cortana on machines running software from rivals such as Apple and Google, as well as the Einstein project, have not been reported.



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