Apple acquires AI startup Voysis in apparent push to bolster Siri's natural language skills

Apple recently purchased Dublin, Ireland-based company Voysis, a startup that conducted work on improving natural language processing in virtual assistants.

Mikey Campbell 6 years ago 12

Research into Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant voice tech reveals bias in training data

Speech recognition systems from major tech companies have a harder time understanding words spoken by black people than the same ones spoken by whites, a new study finds.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 8

Apple's Siri can help triage users who ask about new coronavirus

Apple this weekend updated its Siri voice assistant with information and assets designed to triage users who believe they are suffering from COVID-19.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 11

Researchers can hijack Siri with inaudible ultrasonic waves

Security researchers have discovered a way to covertly hijack Siri and other smartphone digital assistants using ultrasonic waves, sounds that cannot be normally heard by humans.

Mike Peterson 6 years ago 21

Apple considering allowing third-party apps to replace defaults on iOS, HomePod

The HomePod may be opened up to third-party music services, and Apple may also allow iOS users to permanently swap the default email and browser apps for alternatives.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 58

Siri now answers your 2020 election questions

Apple News is now handling readers' 2020 election questions in a new way — with Siri.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 16

August 2019 in review: Apple Card arrives, Siri listeners, trade wars escalate

In August, 2019, the Apple Card was officially launched. At the same time, the company had to re-evaluate having people listen to Siri recordings, and the US/China trade tensions got complicated.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 5

Apple and Salesforce release Trailhead Go education app for iOS, iPadOS

Tim Cook to talk at event launching a free education app that's solely for iOS and iPadOS, plus how Apple and Salesforce have together updated the mobile version of the Salesforce app and its developer SDK.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 0

Future versions of Apple's Siri may interpret your emotions

Future versions of Apple's Siri may go beyond voice recognition to enhance accuracy, taping into FaceTime cameras in the company's devices to simultaneously analyze facial reactions and emotions as users engages in dialog with the voice assistant.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 24

Walmart Grocery customers can use Siri to place online orders with their voice

Walmart this week announced a new partnership with Apple that integrates the retailer's Voice Order technology with Apple's Siri virtual assistant, granting customers the option of shopping via voice command.

AppleInsider Staff 6 years ago 9

Review: Apple's Beats Solo Pro are the best Beats yet

Apple has continued to refine the Beats by Dre brand with new designs and features. Beats Solo Pro is the latest incarnation of that effort, and does a great job pushing the popular brand forward.

Andrew O'Hara 6 years ago 10

How to set up multiple users on a HomePod

At long last, up to six people can talk to your HomePod and get recognized. Their choice of music will play, and their HomeKit scenes will start. It just takes more setting up than you'd imagine.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 13

Apple rolls out tvOS 13.2 for Apple TV with Siri recording opt-in

After a weeks-long beta process, Apple has released its tvOS 13.2 update for Apple TV with support for Siri recording opt-in and the AirPods Pro, ahead of the Apple TV+ debut.

Andrew O'Hara 6 years ago 7

Siri quality assurance opt-in option & record deletion in the iOS 13.2 beta

Apple has started to ask users if they wish to take part in the Siri quality assurance program in the latest beta for iOS 13.2, a change in policy following criticism about the iPhone maker using contractors to listen to a selection of Siri audio recordings.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 1

After Apple's iOS 13 update, Spotify adds support for Siri

It's now possible to ask Siri to play music on Spotify as easily as on Apple Music — though only on iPhones and iPads, and not HomePod or Mac.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 11

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