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If you live in China, you may already know about Microsofts \"other\" artificial intelligence. Cortana lives in the United States and is spreading across the world - but were not talking about Cortana. Were talking about XiaoIce - aka \"Little Ice.\" <\/p>\n
Microsoft China is working on a service called XiaoIce. This service is already ready to roll in Beta form for several apps and is being integrated with a few more in the very near future. Its pretty awesome - you speak with it, and it speaks back to you - like a text-only version of Cortana, but ready to dive deep into a wide variety of apps. <\/p>\n
But whats it doing in China? And why isnt it here in the United States? <\/p>\n
XiaoIce works with Sina Weibo, its going to work with WhatsApp, it works with text chat. So whats the deal? <\/p>\n
Just this past month, Microsoft announced that itd be bringing Cortana to China with Windows Phone 8.1 - its nickname was (and is) \"Xiao Na.\" XiaoIce is a sort of derivative of that. Heres what it can do in a basic chat - translated from Mandarin: <\/p>\n
Jerry: XiaoIce, will it rain tomorrow? <\/p>\n
XiaoIce: Tomorrow the weather in Beijing will be nice with a maximum high of 25*C. No rain to get you soaked. <\/p>\n
Jerry: How about the day after tomorrow? <\/p>\n
XiaoIce: The day after tomorrow, the weather in Beijing will also be fair, with a max high of 23*C. <\/p>\n
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