Facebook M - Facebook's Digital Assistant Can Do Pretty Much Anything
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M is of course being compared to Apple's Siri,Window's Cortana and Google Now and as it stands these three have already proven to be extremely successful. The digital assistant M really is taking it all to a new level and uses a text based search rather than voice. As it is only being tested in the area of San Francisco at the moment, one user explained how he was able to book flights only using M. Alex Kantrowitz is a reporter who reviews some of the newest features and he explained that M helped him find the cheapest options for the dates chosen, suggest better dates in order to spend less and then completed the booking using Kayak, a flight search site.
I booked a flight entirely via M. Never left Facebook Messenger. Update at end of post here: http://t.co/8EKO3TK6GY pic.twitter.com/hdbTg5pJH7
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) October 15, 2015
The precision with which M responds to a request has to be the most advanced we have seen. Kantrowitz has since pushed M to its limits to see how accurately it would respond. His little experiment included asking for a funny GIF, then asking for a funnier one than M had originally proposed. Alex was pleasantly surprised by the result. He has been writing about his progress and you can follow him @Kantrowitz. The reason for it being so efficient is thanks to Facebook's dedication to using 'artificial intelligence that's trained and supervised by people' explained David Marcus. Compared to the other voice searches, M is extremely real and has human like responses. It has been described as 'chirpy, like a cheerful customer service rep'.
I pushed Facebook's "M" virtual assistant hard as I could for 13 days. Here's what happened: https://t.co/v78m46aIP9 pic.twitter.com/NaukjjrO2G
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) October 27, 2015
I must admit that I am looking forward to giving this a go myself. M will be available from your Messenger app, although it is uncertain when M will be fully released. And also, I am surely not the only one to have thought of James Bond's M, am I? I'd certainly like to think that Facebook's version of M will be just as charming anyway.
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Facebook M - Facebook's Digital Assistant Can Do Pretty Much Anything
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