Facebook plans rival to Siri, Alexa, says report

Facebook wants to up its artificial intelligence game and hopes to help make a virtual assistant which is smarter than Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa, the Financial Times reported.

The social media giant revealed that it is partnering with Intel and entering a big race to build a potent artificial intelligence chip. As the tech industry advances and is powered by tech entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and even Mark Zuckerberg, AI seems to be a big gamble but the brave new world ploughs on.

Tech companies and semiconductor producers alike have taken up the mantle, and Facebook wants to be a part of it too.

The company is not leaving any stone unturned and if there is anything left, they are “going to work on it,” Yann LeCun, who is Facebook’s chief AI scientist, said to the Financial Times.