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Apple unveiled its next chapter of Apple Intelligence at WWDC26 and a long-awaited new Siri AI. The polite digital companion that the Cupertino-based company promised to the masses two years ago is finally getting a real brain transplant...
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Apple just unveiled an overhaul of its digital assistant, officially rebranding it as Siri AI. Powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence, Siri AI isn't just a minor tune-up. Apple says it rebuilt its assistant from the ground...
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Apple doesn't usually tip its hand before a major announcement, but sharp-eyed observers spotted something interesting over the weekend. It was discovered that Apple had added a new subdomain, genai.apple.com, to its official DNS servers...
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Apple’s Siri digital assistant has fallen far behind the competition, and users have mostly relegated it to simple tasks like setting timers or home automation. The introduction of Apple Intelligence was supposed to change all that, with...
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When Apple Intelligence debuted back at the 2024 Worldwide Developer’s Conference, the company claimed it would provide a vastly more useful Siri digital assistant, which was something Apple pushed hard to promote the iPhone at the time...
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Apple continues to feel the repercussions of its failure to develop an AI-powered Siri that would be integral to future products, leading to the departure of key design figures. The talent losses continue to mount; Bloomberg’s long time...
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When Apple and Google announced a massive deal that would see Apple use Google’s Gemini AI to train its own models, it seemed like the company was set to finally delivering on the promises it made all the way back in 2024. However, that...
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After months of speculation about what partner Apple would choose to work with to improve its floundering AI efforts, there’s finally an agreement in place between Cupertino and Google. The two companies have signed a multi-year deal that...
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Apple has failed to make a big splash in the AI space and hasn’t come close to delivering on the promises it made when it debuted Apple Intelligence. This has led Apple to explore partnerships with several third-party AI providers to right...
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An unexpected and potentially historic partnership between two of the world's biggest tech rivals may be in the works. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple is in advanced talks to integrate Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence models...
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Apple’s current AI efforts have not gone well for the company. Apple Intelligence has failed to deliver on several fronts, including the promised upgrades to its Siri assistant, and other moves have mostly fallen flat. These AI...
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The rollout of Apple Intelligence hasn't gone to plan. It has simply failed to deliver on several fronts, to the point that Apple is being sued for false advertising. Even worse, it was counting on its AI to finally make Siri a useful...
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It took several years, but there's finally a proposed resolution for a privacy fumble related to Siri that prompted a rare apology from Apple back in 2019. As part of the proposed settlement, Apple would dole out $95 million in collective...
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Apple’s AI efforts are currently being propped up by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but the company is making strides on a more capable version of Siri according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Internally, the project is currently being called “LLM Siri,”...
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If you haven't already heard, Google's Gemini AI has a dedicated app for the iPhone and users can easily invoke the chatbot directly from either the lock screen or Dynamic Island. There's even deep integration with Gemini Extensions, so...
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In an interesting turn of events, iPhone users may soon be able to use Google's Gemini assistant on their phones, and also initiate it directly from the lock screen, which would give Siri some proper competition. If a leak by a user in...
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iPhone users who are excited to see the new and improved Siri, powered by Apple Intelligence and set to debut later this year with iOS 18, will need to wait a little bit longer to really see the digital assistant’s full suite of...
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According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has lost a key member of its AI team to rival Samsung. Dr. Murat Akbacak's LinkedIn profile indicates he is still the Head of Contextual and Conversational AI for Apple’s Siri team, having served...
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With the modern gold rush now coming in the form of AI, companies the world over are scrambling to interject these new technologies in their products. Apple, which controls a mighty ecosystem of hardware, is amongst those vying for an...
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Apple has fessed up to a bug introduced in iOS 15 that, for some iPhone users, was not respecting their wishes to opt out of sharing voice recordings to strengthen Siri, the built-in digital assistant. Fortunately this privacy bug was...
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With the recent cancellation of the HomePod smart speaker, Apple has abandoned the high-end smart speaker market, leaving just the HomePod mini to tackle the entry-level sector. This loss does not appear to be stopping the Cupertino-based...
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Apple yesterday made a somewhat surprising cancellation in its hardware lineup. The HomePod smart speaker initially launched in early 2018 and was never the big sales hit Apple expected. As a result, the HomePod is getting kicked out of...
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