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dragonwriter on Aug 26, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: M, a personal digital assistant inside Facebook Me...

> Is it a glitch in the Matrix or is their pitch for Cortana identical?

No, its not a glitch that Siri, Google Now, Cortana, and now M have essentially the same pitch -- they are direct competitors intended to attach people to their respective platforms.

shard on Aug 27, 2015 [–]

I think unabst is asking why the pitch for Cortana is similar to Microsoft Office's paperclip, which was a much ridiculed failure.

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