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Apple Intelligence was designed to leverage things that generative AI already does well, like text and image generation, to improve upon existing features.

What is Apple Intelligence, when is it coming and who will get it?

Here’s a look at what’s going to change with Siri, and what the introduction of Apple Intelligence will allow you to do with the digital assistant. 

How Apple Intelligence is changing the way you use Siri on your iPhone 

Apple’s SDKs (software development kits) have been updated with a variety of new APIs and frameworks.

Apple brings its GenAI ‘Apple Intelligence’ to developers, will let Siri control apps

Soon, Siri will be able to tap ChatGPT for “expertise” where it might be helpful, Apple says.

Apple brings ChatGPT to its apps, including Siri
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Apple gives Siri an AI makeover

Siri is now more natural, more relevant and more personal — and it has new look.

Apple gives Siri an AI makeover

Google and Microsoft have made their developer conferences a showcase of their generative AI chops, and now all eyes are on next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which is expected to…

Apple needs to focus on making AI useful, not flashy

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Siri and Google Assistant look to generative AI for a new lease on life

Voice assistants in general are having an existential moment, and generative AI is poised to be the logical successor.

Siri and Google Assistant look to generative AI for a new lease on life

In November, Airbnb acquired a stealth AI firm launched by Siri’s co-founder, called GamePlanner.AI. The deal valued the secretive startup at around $200 million, according to reports. Though the hosting…

Airbnb plans to use AI, including its GamePlanner acquisition, to create the ‘ultimate concierge’

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Siri needs to get a lot smarter, and quickly

Siri seems to be lagging the competition in the voice assistant department by a country mile.

Siri needs to get a lot smarter, and quickly

Apple CEO Tim Cook pushed back a bit at the notion that the company was behind in AI on yesterday’s Q4 earnings call with investors, as he highlighted technology developments…

Apple CEO Tim Cook says AI is a fundamental technology, confirms investments in generative AI

Apple Music just shut down its cheapest option — the Voice Plan. The subscription, which launched in 2021 and cost $5 per month, featured a Siri-only experience; the only way…

Apple Music shuts down its Siri-only Voice Plan nearly two years later

Announced at the Apple Event 2023, Apple Watch Series 9 is bringing some Siri improvement, including the ability to access health data through Siri.

Siri gains access to health data, adds on-device processing on Apple Watch Series 9

One of the more unexpected additions from iOS 17: Apple is dropping the “hey” from “Hey Siri.” You no longer need that extra little introduction when communicating with Apple’s smart…

You no longer need to tell Siri ‘Hey’

Since OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT last year, it has been almost impossible to go a day without a company or developer releasing an AI-powered tool. Now, with the release of new…

Developers are looking for creative ways to build AI-powered chatbot assistants

If not for last week’s Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse almost every conversation in tech seems to be centered around AI and chatbots. In the last few days, Microsoft-backed OpenAI…

Apple is reportedly experimenting with language-generating AI

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Apple HomePod (2023) review

Welcome to the dark night of the smart speaker. A few years back, the category felt inevitable — and, frankly, why not? We’ve smartened our phones and watches. Why shouldn’t our homes be the next step? For decades, many looked longingly at home automation. Smart blinds that opened with your…

Apple HomePod (2023) review

Apple is reportedly planning to simplify its “Hey Siri” trigger phrase to just “Siri,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Right now, the quickest way to access Siri is to say…

Apple is reportedly working to simplify its ‘Hey Siri’ trigger phrase to just ‘Siri’

Neji Tawo, the founder of boutique software development company Wiscount Corporation, says he was inspired by his dad to become an engineer. When Tawo was a kid, his dad tasked…

PayTalk promises to handle all sorts of payments with voice, but the app has a long way to go

Hey Siri, when does a “macroeconomic downturn” become a “recession”? It’s another bleak week for startups weathering dismal tech stocks and even worse cryptocurrency prices. But let’s start with some…

Layoffs hit crypto and real estate tech particularly hard this week

An Apple Music bug is perplexing some iPhone owners. According to various reports, the Apple Music iOS app is installing itself directly to the iPhone’s dock when downloaded, instead of…

iPhone users complain Apple Music is installing itself to the dock, booting out their other apps

Apple has developed a new Siri voice, now available in the beta versions of its iOS 15.4 software, that doesn’t sound obviously male or female. The decision to introduce a…

Siri gains a new gender-neutral voice option in latest iOS update
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Can an AI be properly considered an inventor?

We are at the very beginnings of a long period of change in the interplay of technology and the law in terms of intellectual property, but it is equally clear…

Can an AI be properly considered an inventor?

Apple has quietly removed from its website all references to its child sexual abuse scanning feature, months after announcing that the new technology would be baked into iOS 15 and…

Apple quietly pulls references to its CSAM detection tech after privacy fears

Apple is now rolling out access to its new, lower-cost Apple Music Voice plan, first introduced this fall at the company’s hardware event. The new service, designed largely for use…

Apple launches its Siri-only Apple Music Voice Plan with iOS 15.2

In what looks like bad news for adtech giants like Facebook and Google, MEPs in the European Parliament have voted for tougher restrictions on how internet users’ data can be…

European Parliament’s IMCO backs limits on tech giants’ ability to run tracking ads

With its latest acquisition Walmart is further investing in technology that will enable shopping via voice and chat. The retail giant announced it’s acquiring “select technology assets” from a startup…

Walmart acquires design tool Botmock as its invests in shopping by voice and text

Apple had a slew of interesting announcements at its event on Monday. But one that stood out to me — and I feel didn’t get as much attention — is…

Apple’s voice-only Music subscription could boost Siri’s accent understanding

In 2019, Amazon introduced a more affordable way to stream Amazon Music with the launch of a free, ad-supported music service that streamed only over its Echo speakers. Today, Apple…

Apple introduces a $4.99 per month Apple Music Voice plan, designed mainly for HomePod or AirPods use
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Apple’s dangerous path

Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review. Last week, we dove into the truly bizarre machinations of the NFT market. This week, we’re talking about something that’s a…

Apple’s dangerous path

Apple recently began a research study designed to collect speech data from study participants. Earlier this month, the company launched on the App Store a new iOS app called “Siri…

Apple launches a new iOS app, ‘Siri Speech Study,’ to gather feedback for Siri improvements