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'''Mycroft''' is a [[free and open-source]] [[intelligent personal assistant]] and [[knowledge navigator]] for [[Linux]]-based [[operating systems]] that uses a [[natural language user interface]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cio.com/article/3017983/linux/2015s-most-exciting-linux-devices.html#slide2|title=2015's most exciting Linux devices|last1=Bhartiya|first1=Swapnil|date=25 December 2015|website=CIO magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626234543/https://www.cio.com/article/3017983/linux/2015s-most-exciting-linux-devices.html#slide2|archive-date=26 June 2018|dead-url=No|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> It is said to be the world’s first fully open-source AI voice assistant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inc.com/matt-hunckler/these-5-artificial-intelligence-startups-are-trans.html|title=5 Growing Artificial Intelligence Startups You Need to Know About|last=Hunckler|first=Matt|date=25 July 2017|work=Inc.com|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthunckler/2017/05/15/this-open-source-ai-voice-assistant-is-challenging-siri-and-alexa-for-market-superiority/#7cfcceba3ec0|title=This Open-Source AI Voice Assistant Is Challenging Siri and Alexa for Market Superiority|last=Hunckler|first=Matt|date=15 May 2017|work=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013014712/https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthunckler/2017/05/15/this-open-source-ai-voice-assistant-is-challenging-siri-and-alexa-for-market-superiority/|archive-date=13 October 2017|dead-url=No}}</ref>
'''Mycroft''' is a [[free and open-source]] [[virtual assistant]] and [[knowledge navigator]] for [[Linux]]-based [[operating systems]] that uses a [[natural language user interface]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cio.com/article/3017983/linux/2015s-most-exciting-linux-devices.html#slide2|title=2015's most exciting Linux devices|last1=Bhartiya|first1=Swapnil|date=25 December 2015|website=CIO magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626234543/https://www.cio.com/article/3017983/linux/2015s-most-exciting-linux-devices.html#slide2|archive-date=26 June 2018|dead-url=No|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> It is said to be the world’s first fully open-source AI voice assistant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inc.com/matt-hunckler/these-5-artificial-intelligence-startups-are-trans.html|title=5 Growing Artificial Intelligence Startups You Need to Know About|last=Hunckler|first=Matt|date=25 July 2017|work=Inc.com|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthunckler/2017/05/15/this-open-source-ai-voice-assistant-is-challenging-siri-and-alexa-for-market-superiority/#7cfcceba3ec0|title=This Open-Source AI Voice Assistant Is Challenging Siri and Alexa for Market Superiority|last=Hunckler|first=Matt|date=15 May 2017|work=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013014712/https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthunckler/2017/05/15/this-open-source-ai-voice-assistant-is-challenging-siri-and-alexa-for-market-superiority/|archive-date=13 October 2017|dead-url=No}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 14:47, 27 September 2018

Mycroft
Developer(s)Mycroft AI team
Repository
LicenseApache License [1]
Websitemycroft.ai

Mycroft is a free and open-source virtual assistant and knowledge navigator for Linux-based operating systems that uses a natural language user interface.[2] It is said to be the world’s first fully open-source AI voice assistant.[3][4]

History

Inspiration for Mycroft came when Ryan Sipes and Joshua Montgomery were visiting the Kansas City makerspace, where they came across a simple and basic intelligent virtual assistant project. They were interested in the technology, but did not like its inflexibility.[5][6] Montgomery believes that the burgeoning industry of intelligent personal assistance poses privacy concerns for users and has promised that Mycroft will protect privacy through its open source machine learning platform.[7] Mycroft has won several awards including the prestigious Techweek's KC Launch competition in 2016.[8] Mycroft was part of the Sprint Accelerator 2016 class in Kansas City and joined 500 Startups Batch 20 in February 2017.[9][10] The company accepted a strategic investment from Jaguar Land Rover during this same time period.[11] To date, the company has raised more than $2.5 million from institutional investors and has opted to offer shares of the company to the public through Startengine, an equity crowdfunding platform.[12] It is named after a fictional computer from 1966 science fiction novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.[13]

Structure

Mycroft uses an intent parser called Adapt to convert natural language into machine-readable data structures. For speech synthesis Mycroft uses Mimic, which is based on the Festival Lite speech synthesis system.[14] Mycroft is designed to be modular, so users are able to change its components. For example, espeak can be used instead of Mimic.[15][16][17][18]

Hardware

The Mycroft project is also working on and selling smart speakers that run its software. All of its hardware is open-source, released under the CERN Open Hardware Licence.[19]

Its first hardware project was the Mark I, targeted primarily at developers. Its production was partially funded through a Kickstarter campaign, which finished successfully. Units started shipping out in April 2016.[20]

Its most recent hardware project is the Mark II, intended for general usage, not just for developers. Unlike the Mark I, the Mark II is equipped with a screen, being able to relay information both visually as well as acoustically. As with the Mark I, the Mark II's production will be partially funded through a Kickstarter campaign, which wrapped up in February 2018, hitting almost 8 times its original goal.[21]

Mycroft announced that a third hardware project, Mark III, will be offered through Kickstarter, and that an entire product line of Mark I, II, and III will be released to stores by November, 2019.[22]

References

  1. ^ https://mycroft.ai/blog/right-license/
  2. ^ Bhartiya, Swapnil (25 December 2015). "2015's most exciting Linux devices". CIO magazine. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Hunckler, Matt (25 July 2017). "5 Growing Artificial Intelligence Startups You Need to Know About". Inc.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. ^ Hunckler, Matt (15 May 2017). "This Open-Source AI Voice Assistant Is Challenging Siri and Alexa for Market Superiority". Forbes. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Harrington, Rebecca (1 January 2016). "Customize An Open-Source HAL For Your Home". Popular Science. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Bhartiya, Swapnil (17 January 2016). "Mycroft: Linux's Own AI". Linux.com. Retrieved 19 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ Mycroft AI (2018-05-24), Mycroft StartEngine Equity Offering, retrieved 2018-07-08
  8. ^ "Alexa can you find me a better assistant? | Techweek". Techweek. 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  9. ^ Fein, John (22 February 2016). "Announcing the 2016 Class of the Sprint Accelerator Powered by Techstars!". Techstars. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Lynley, Matthew (8 February 2017). "Here's the 20th batch of 500 Startups companies". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Burch, Bobby (27 February 2017). "Jaguar Land Rover invests in artificial intelligence startup Mycroft". Startland News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Mycroft AI". StartEngine. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  13. ^ https://mycroft.ai/blog/why-name-it-mycroft/
  14. ^ Gold, Jon (7 January 2016). "Raspberry Pi-based home AI project open-sources key components". Network World. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Stahie, Silviu (7 January 2016). "Mycroft Releases Key AI Component as Open Source". Softpedia News. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ MSV, Janakiram (20 August 2015). "Meet Mycroft, The Open Source Alternative To Amazon Echo". Forbes. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Stahie, Silviu (14 August 2015). "Mycroft Is an AI for Your Home Powered by Raspberry Pi 2 and Ubuntu Snappy". Softpedia News. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Crist, Ry (17 August 2015). "Meet Mycroft, an open-source smart-home AI platform". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Github: Mycroft Mark I hardware". GitHub. Retrieved 18 March 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  20. ^ Adair, Kris (4 April 2016). "Making a Mycroft & First Shipment". Mycroft blog. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Montgomery, Joshua (25 January 2018). "Mycroft Mark II: The Open Voice Assistant". Kickstarter. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Mycroft AI". StartEngine. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
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