Even though ASB's digital assistant is named after a man called Joseph, she's a woman called Josie. Hey Siri, why are you and most of your AI counterparts women? SUPPLIED Vodafone's digital assistant is Kiri. At AUT, business information systems lecturer Lena Waizenegger said the female voice was linked to the roles they played. ASB recently launched its "digital assistant", targeting SME business owners in the start-up phase.

Source: Stuff June 04, 2019 16:52 UTC