Microsoft-invented ‘smart elevator’ listens to everything you say

If you’re the type of person who doesn’t like using Google Now or posting on Facebook because you don’t want tech companies knowing about your life, then you might want to avoid talking about your daily plans on any elevator designed by Microsoft. The Next Web points out that Microsoft Research has been working on a “smart elevator” that tries to predict exactly what floor you want to be taken to by listening to your conversations and following your daily routines. So for instance, the elevator might automatically know to take you up to the 9th floor of a building where you work when you arrive every morning and might also know to take you down to the 7th floor

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