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Apple's AI head John Giannandrea isn't going anywhere, despite delays and stumbles

Apple may have started late, and hit some speedbumps along the way, but Apple's Senior Vice President of Machine Learning and AI Strategy, John Giannandrea, wants to beat Apple Intelligence into shape before handing over the reins to a successor.

Charles Martin 1 year ago 6

Apple may let EU users shift from Siri to other voice assistants

Apple is reportedly preparing to allow iPhone users in the EU to select third-party voice assistants to be the default, instead of Siri.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 6

SiriGPT: Apple's chiefs hope to add full chatbot functionality to Siri, eventually

Apple's executives are pushing for Siri to become a proper AI chatbot that scours the web, potentially as a direct competitor to ChatGPT. It's just not clear when that's going to happen.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 17

Apple turns to Anthropic to speed up coding & fix buggy tools

Apple is bringing in Anthropic's Claude AI to help its engineers code faster, marking a quiet but telling shift in its approach to artificial intelligence.

Andrew Orr 1 year ago 18

Google wants Gemini AI deal with Apple by mid-2025

Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed in court testimony that the company hopes to strike a deal with Apple by mid-2025 to bring its Gemini AI technology to Apple Intelligence.

Andrew Orr 1 year ago 13

Apple shifts robotics team away from Giannandrea's AI organization to prioritize hardware

A new report suggests that Apple CEO Tim Cook has lost faith in his AI/ML chief John Giannandrea and is shifting the robotics team to hardware headed by John Ternus.

Wesley Hilliard 1 year ago 11

New Siri chief is replacing existing teams with Vision Pro staffers

Mike Rockwell, the new head of Siri, is reportedly turning over much of the development work to his previous team for Apple Vision Pro.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 11

NAD told Apple to modify or discontinue certain Apple Intelligence feature claims

Apple's artificial intelligence rollout has been anything but smooth, so much so that the BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division spurred the company to rethink its claims to customers.

Amber Neely 1 year ago 6

Apple hampered its Siri ambitions by penny-pinching

If Apple isn't able to get its Siri improvements out with iOS 19 in the fall, a new report tries to put the blame on early cost-cutting decisions by CFO Luca Maestri.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 19

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