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Samsung buys AI firm Fluenty to develop virtual assistant Bixby

Fluenty is best known for its automated text replies for SMS and third-party social services like WhatsApp

ANI  |  New York 

A man walks behind a logo of Samsung Electronics at the company's headquarters in Seoul. Photo: Reuters
A man walks behind a logo of Samsung Electronics Photo: Reuters

Smartphone leader recently bought another (AI) company, Fluenty, aiming to bolster its

According to TechCrunch.com, while hasn't offered much insight into the acquisition as of now, it follows that Fluenty could be a good match for

Fluenty is best known for its automated text replies for SMS and third-party social services like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Line, Kakao Talk, Naver Talk and more.

Moreover, Fluenty hugely relies on a deep learning model, searching for patterns in text replies most frequently used by people.

A virtual assistant like Bixby, with this acquisition, would look to eliminate competition from Apple and Google's voice-only assistants.

Fluenty's app is no longer available on the Google Play store.

First Published: Wed, November 29 2017. 12:22 IST
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