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Apple puts the Vision Pro guy in charge of Siri
Apple is replacing the head of Siri, shortly after pushing back the rollout of its highly-anticipated AI features, according to a report from Bloomberg. Mike Rockwell, the head of Vision Pro development, will reportedly replace John Giannandrea as the leader of AI and Siri. The move comes after Apple CEO Tim Cook “lost confidence” in Giannandrea’s ability to lead AI…
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Siri Stays Unintelligent in 2025 as Apple’s AI Upgrades Are Delayed
Apple’s “more personalized” version of Siri is delayed until 2026. The enhanced voice assistant, which leverages AI for greater contextual awareness, was first shown at WWDC 2024 and originally scheduled for a 2025 launch. According to Apple, Siri has already gained a ton of AI functionality. And this is more or less true—Siri behaves more like a chatbot, providing back-and-forth…
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Apple delays upgraded Siri: it’s taking ‘longer than we thought’
Siri helps our users find what they need and get things done quickly, and in just the past six months, we’ve made Siri more conversational, introduced new features like type to Siri and product knowledge, and added an integration with ChatGPT. We’ve also been working on a more personalized Siri, giving it more awareness of your personal context, as well…
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Siri Is Ruining My Smart Home
Summary Siri’s unreliability with smart home devices seems to be a bigger problem than ever. The inconsistency of Siri’s performance across various Apple devices raises concerns about future smart home control. Apple’s smart home ambitions need to include addressing reliability issues with Siri and the Home app. I started crafting a smart home around 2012 with a set of Hue…
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Apple makes a change to its AI team and plans Siri upgrades
Apple is making an executive change to try and improve its AI efforts and Siri. Kim Vorrath, who recently helped get the Vision Pro software out the door and has been at Apple for 36 years, has been brought over to Apple’s artificial intelligence and machine learning division and will serve as a “top deputy” to AI boss John Giannandrea,…
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Apple says Siri isn’t sending your conversations to advertisers
The section specifically responding to the rumors reads: Apple has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles, never made it available for advertising, and never sold it to anyone for any purpose. We are constantly developing technologies to make Siri even more private, and will continue to do so. After The Guardian’s report in 2019, Apple apologized and changed…
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Siri With ChatGPT Is Way Better Than You Think
Summary By default, Siri will only turn to ChatGPT for help if the assistant can’t answer your query by itself. Siri can take and pass screenshots to Siri, allowing users to inquire about visible content. Siri with ChatGPT enables easy image generation that’s better than Image Playground. If your iPhone supports Apple Intelligence, Siri is able to pass requests on…
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Apple offers $95 million in Siri privacy violation settlement
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. alleging that its Siri assistant recorded private conversations and shared them with third parties. The proposed lawsuit alleges that the audio data was disclosed without users’ consent to a network of third-party marketers and advertisers. Users complained of being targeted on their Apple devices with advertisements for…
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Apple Might Owe You Money for Letting Siri Spy on You
If you use Apple devices—specifically, Siri-enabled devices—you might have some money coming your way. That’s because Apple just agreed to a $95 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit. The dispute? That Apple’s infamous smart assistant, Siri, violated user privacy. Wait, what did Siri do? Back in 2019, we learned that Siri was inadvertently spying on many of us.…
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Apple Agrees to Settlement for Unauthorized Siri Recordings
Apple has suggested a $95 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit about its Siri voice assistant. The lawsuit started after it was revealed that Siri sometimes recorded conversations by mistake, which might have been listened to by contractors. The class-action lawsuit was started because of a 2019 report about Apple’s third-party contractors. These contractors were responsible for checking the quality…
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