MaryABS
MaryABS is a fictional digital assistant used in educational and illustrative contexts to explore how users interact with conversational artificial intelligence. It is not a real product or service, but a construct employed in examples to discuss design, privacy, and usability.
In its typical depiction, MaryABS is a text- and voice-based assistant capable of information retrieval, document
Origins and usage: MaryABS was introduced in academic materials by a fictional research team as a teaching
Impact and status: Because MaryABS is not an actual product, real-world deployment is limited to curricula and
See also: natural language processing, dialog systems, human–computer interaction.