'Gabriel' is an artificially intelligent helper that could one day whisper answers to you when you need it most

12/03/2015 - 15:10

Dave Gershgorn


If your conversations with digital personal assistants like Apple's Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, or Google Now haven’t been useful enough, a new challenger of Biblical proportions is about to arrive.

Gabriel, a project by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, and funded by the National Science Foundation, is a personal cognitive assistant that “whispers” instructions into a user’s ear, for things like how to change a tire, perform CPR, or even assemble IKEA furniture. It would be like GPS for everyday actions, but one that knows when to shut up, according to principal investigator Mahadev Satyanarayanan.

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Ref: Early Implementation Experience with Wearable Cognitive Assistance Applications (PDF)