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Microsoft shuts down Cortana app on Windows 11 (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] sic_1@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cortana was a great name also because in Halo she turned evil, which is fitting for an MS product. Bing copilot gives me strong Clippy vibes.

[โ€“] addie@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Bungie Studios had a habit of naming their AIs after mythological French swords; Durandal in Marathon, and Cortana in Halo. Microsoft ought to name their new AI assistant Hauteclaire or Joyeuse or something else that follows the theme, but I very much suspect that it's going to be named by a committee of marketing execs. Much more likely to find scholars and poets developing software than in the C-suite.