Next IT reports, “The next generation of Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) is making human/machine conversation even more relevant and personal – and a new alliance promises to push the envelope even further. Next IT, the world’s largest provider of IVAs… announced a partnership with technological thought-leader and futurist Nova Spivack (@novaspivack), who will advise the natural-language understanding innovator on new ways to adapt its technology to meet the needs of our increasingly information-centric society. ‘Next IT has made an impressive commitment to the advancement of natural language understanding technology – more so than any other company in the space,’ said Spivack. ‘They are quickly becoming the market leader, providing virtual assistants, at scale, to real blue-chip customers’.” Read more