Steve Ballmer, the ex-Microsoft CEO, apparently wanted to name what we know today as Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant as "Bingo" instead. This was revealed by a former Cortana Product Manger.
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Gartner has predicted that the AI software market will reach $62 billion next year, that's up 21.3% compared to this year. As businesses work out how to implement AI, revenue is only expected to grow.
Gartner claims that 25% of digital workers will be using virtual employee assistants daily by 2021, up from just 2% in 2019. Gartner also said more assistants will move from text to voice input.