Discusses how the game character was transformed into a Windows assistant.



From Hexus:

Bonnie Ross, corporate vice president and head of 343 Industries, says that Cortana is "like a seed in 2014 of what we'll be able to do in the future. This is a v1 of an AI." Actually Cortana alluded to this in beta, on Windows Phone, if you asked about her name: "I am named after Cortana, the AI from Halo. Or since she's from 500 years in the future, she may have named herself after me."

Despite being 'v1' Cortana has received quite a few favourable reviews and accolades. Microsoft, of course, claims many great things of the personal assistant. However she has had recognised success in other avenues such as correctly predicting the winners of the first 14 matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage, for example.

  Microsoft blog calls Cortana "The smartest AI in the universe"