article_snippet: research from an artificial intelligence project called . '
article_snippet: This kind of technology, which can read and understand .
article_snippet: the Einstein project, in an interview at Microsoft's Redmond, .
article_snippet: The concept of 'artificial intelligence' is broad, and .
article_snippet: mobile phones and computers already show dexterity with spoken .
article_snippet: Still, Microsoft believes Microsoft work on speech recognition, .
article_snippet: search and machine learning will let Microsoft transform Microsoft digital .
article_snippet: assistant into the first intelligent 'agent' which anticipates .
article_snippet: predictive information 'cards' based on what predictive information ' thinks the user . wants to know.
article_snippet: Microsoft has tried to create digital assistants before, . without success.
article_snippet: None of the individual steps are a breakthrough, but .
article_snippet: creating an artificial intelligence that can stitch together the . processes marks a breakthrough in usefulness, Microsoft says.
article_snippet: uses the predictive power generated from billions of searches to .