Tinkoff Bank has developed a male voice assistant named Oleg or Ivan
Yesterday at corporate employees "Tinkoff Bank" founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors Oleg Tinkoff announced that the company has developed a voice assistant that can communicate with users in natural language, almost like Alice from "Yandex", write "Vedomosti". The official presentation will take place in a week.
“So far, very modestly, we decided to name“ Oleg ”. But maybe we'll change it again, maybe we'll call it Ivan, ”Tinkov said at the corporate party, answering the question of Ivan Urgant.
Oleg Tinkov did not explain why the name "Oleg" was chosen, but said that this choice was "painfully long." The businessman did not disclose the technical features of the voice assistant, they will be disclosed at the official presentation. But the system demonstrated in the work. One of the corporate party participants made a video of how the AI reserves a table in a restaurant for Oleg Tinkov, talks to the owner and asks for what date the reservation is needed.
Oleg will be built into the bank’s mobile application to help users with their financial and everyday tasks. For example, a robot will help buy tickets to the cinema or theater, transfer money from one account to another, etc.
In addition to Oleg and Alice, another voice assistant Marusya, which is developed by Mail.ru Group, should appear on the market soon. These are fully-fledged AI agents that can communicate on a wide range of topics and perform a large list of tasks. There are still limited virtual assistants, like Elena from MegaFon: she knows only a limited amount of information. For example, Elena can suggest a balance or remnants of minutes and megabytes, talk about expenses and methods of payment for services.
“So far, very modestly, we decided to name“ Oleg ”. But maybe we'll change it again, maybe we'll call it Ivan, ”Tinkov said at the corporate party, answering the question of Ivan Urgant.
Oleg Tinkov did not explain why the name "Oleg" was chosen, but said that this choice was "painfully long." The businessman did not disclose the technical features of the voice assistant, they will be disclosed at the official presentation. But the system demonstrated in the work. One of the corporate party participants made a video of how the AI reserves a table in a restaurant for Oleg Tinkov, talks to the owner and asks for what date the reservation is needed.
Oleg will be built into the bank’s mobile application to help users with their financial and everyday tasks. For example, a robot will help buy tickets to the cinema or theater, transfer money from one account to another, etc.
In addition to Oleg and Alice, another voice assistant Marusya, which is developed by Mail.ru Group, should appear on the market soon. These are fully-fledged AI agents that can communicate on a wide range of topics and perform a large list of tasks. There are still limited virtual assistants, like Elena from MegaFon: she knows only a limited amount of information. For example, Elena can suggest a balance or remnants of minutes and megabytes, talk about expenses and methods of payment for services.