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Cortana Now Reminds You To Do the Things You Promised in Emails (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

From a report: Microsoft is adding a new feature to Cortana today that will remind you to keep your promises. Suggested reminders lets Cortana remind you when you've promised to do something in an email. Microsoft is using machine learning to highlight phrases in emails where you might promise your boss something, or make a commitment to a friend or family member. The result is a reminder that pops up telling you "don't forget you mentioned this." Cortana's suggested reminders will be available in the US first on Windows 10 PCs, and Microsoft is planning to bring them to iOS and Android in the coming weeks. Microsoft is supporting Outlook.com and Office 365 accounts for these reminders, and other accounts like Gmail will be supported soon. You'll need to connect an Outlook.com or Office 365 account to Cortana to enable the feature, and you'll start receiving reminders once the service detects your promises and commitments.

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  1. Remind me by Allicorn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remind me to disable Cortana

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    1. Re:Remind me by The-Ixian · · Score: 4, Insightful

      It seems like personal assistants are nothing more than intrusive nag machines that want access to every aspect of my life.

      It's bad enough that I have an ongoing battle to get relevant notifications on my device from normal apps.

      The last thing I need is another app nagging me to do stuff. If I promised to do something, I will do it. Which, by the way, is why I rarely promise to do anything...

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    2. Re:Remind me by backslashdot · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I'm afraid I can't do that Dave..

    3. Re:Remind me by OhSoLaMeow · · Score: 4, Insightful

      It seems like personal assistants are nothing more than intrusive nag machines that want access to every aspect of my life.

      You mean like a wife or girlfriend?

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    4. Re:Remind me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Cortana doesn't compensate you with sex.

  2. Nag-A-Tron 5000 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mmm yummy a program that reads my mail and will chase me down for shit

    Where do I sign up for this abuse? (oh yeah I installed Windows 10 abuse is complimentary)

  3. Mi6ro6of6 wants your soul by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    seriously people, how are we still putting up with this shit ?!

  4. Headline should be changed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Needs to read, "Cortana now reads all of your emails".