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Messaging app Line is set to make a big push into artificial intelligence (AI), later this year rolling out a Siri-esque voice assistant and an Amazon Alexa-style smart speaker, the Japanese company announced yesterday at Mobile World Congress.
"AI is our most important project at Line, and represents a paradigm shift as dramatic as the rise of the smartphone a decade ago," said CEO Takeshi Idezawa.
Line’s answer to Siri is called Clova, short for "cloud virtual assistant". Its speaker, Wave, will also feature the AI assistant.
Both will launch "early summer" in Japan and South Korea.
Line also announced it has acquired a
