Google working on messenger app with added AIDecember 24, 2015 - 16:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google could be about to combine two of its services as reports suggest the Android firm is working on a messaging app with a built-in AI assistant, Digital Spy reveals. The project, brought to light by a Wall Street Journal report, sounds suspiciously like an amalgamation of Hangouts and Google Now. It also sounds similar to Facebook's M, a virtual assistant that lives inside Messenger to help you carry out searches, make dinner plans, and more. There is no word about whether Google plans to keep standalone Hangouts and Now apps running alongside the new service, or phase them out. In other Google news, the web giant is rumoured to be joining forces with automaker Ford to further its ambitions in the self-driving car sector. Reports suggest that the firm wants to eventually launch an Uber-like services based around autonomous vehicles. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |