[HN Gopher] Mycroft
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       Mycroft
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2023-12-05 19:53 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (mycroftproject.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (mycroftproject.com)
        
       | jdboyd wrote:
       | I was expecting this to be about Mycroft the AI assistant (
       | https://mycroft.ai/ ). Instead it is a collection of browser
       | search plugins.
        
         | passwordoops wrote:
         | Once again, this is why I check the comments before hitting a
         | link. Thanks jdboyd!
        
         | cybrox wrote:
         | Same for me. Does anyone have an independent opinion on the
         | current state of Mycroft AI? They kind of lost me after only
         | publishing fundraising updates for what felt like two years
         | straight.
        
           | yokem55 wrote:
           | They mostly shut down at the beginning of the year -
           | https://mycroft.ai/blog/update-from-the-ceo-part-1/
        
           | I_Am_Nous wrote:
           | The original founders left in 2022. I know some people who
           | were involved in the project but left due to it being a
           | startup and treating all people as replaceable, no questions
           | asked.
           | 
           | The project kind of feels superfluous nowadays though, it
           | always seemed like an Amazon Echo you can hack on while not
           | having the weight of Amazon behind it.
        
         | PetitPrince wrote:
         | It predates the AI assistant by something like 19 years though.
        
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