Apple is gearing up to give its digital assistant, Siri, an artificial intelligence-powered upgrade, potentially posing a challenge to Amazon’s dominant Alexa. The Cupertino-based tech giant is working on a new system that will allow users to control individual app functions using voice commands, marking...
At Apple’s upcoming developers conference, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to be the star of the show. However, Bloomberg News wrote Sunday (May 26), the company has a tough act to follow: selling investors and consumers on the idea that it’s doing exciting things with...
What if Apple’s voice assistant Siri “was really, really, really good?” That question is at the heart of much of the tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) research, according to a report Sunday (May 5) by The Verge reviewing those efforts. For example, a team of Apple...
Apple is reportedly closing down a 121-person artificial intelligence (AI) team based in San Diego. This group, called Data Operations Annotations, was informed last week that they would be relocating to Austin to merge with a similar team, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Jan. 15), citing people familiar...
July 26, 2019
Mobile order-ahead is showing no signs of slowing down, with restaurant delivery expected to grow three times faster than dine-in between 2018 and 2023. In fact, a National Restaurant Association study found that 37 percent of restaurants now offer mobile ordering, and that 32 percent accept mobile payments. It’s projected that digital orders will account […]
January 07, 2019
What makes the daily drive miserable for millions of commuters? Yes, there’s the traffic snarls, obnoxious motorists and boredom. However, for a significant share of commuters who drive their own...
September 18, 2017
Think back just five years ago. In 2012, we were five years into the smartphone revolution, and most people thought we were crazy writing about the demise of physical retail...
June 14, 2017
HomePod If the Amazon Echo is white wine and Google Home is red, then Apple’s new Siri-voiced HomePod is a fine champagne: fine-tuned, exclusive and priced to match. Fine-tuned, because...
June 12, 2024
Samsung is reportedly hiring a former Apple executive to run its new artificial intelligence research center. Heading the operation will be Apple veteran Murat Akbacak, who was “responsible for defining and executing the strategy for Siri, Apple’s personal digital assistant, focusing on personalization, contextualization and advancements in conversational and multimodal AI,” Bloomberg reported Tuesday (June […]
May 31, 2024
Apple is gearing up to give its digital assistant, Siri, an artificial intelligence-powered upgrade, potentially posing a challenge to Amazon’s dominant Alexa. The Cupertino-based tech giant is working on a...
May 26, 2024
At Apple’s upcoming developers conference, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to be the star of the show. However, Bloomberg News wrote Sunday (May 26), the company has a tough act...
May 05, 2024
What if Apple’s voice assistant Siri “was really, really, really good?” That question is at the heart of much of the tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) research, according to a report...
