Apple has recently moved Apple Watch project head Kevin Lynch into, and nearly atop, the company’s AI group…
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Apple looks to license Google Gemini for iPhone, generative AI tools
Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into iPhone, iPad, and other platforms, people familiar with the…
Apple stock is missing out on the artificial intelligence rally, but that could change soon
While Apple stock is missing out on the AI, especially generative AI, rally, there are increasing signs that Apple is scrambling…
Apple caught flat-footed on generative AI; company preps AI features for devices, software
Tim Cook’s Apple was caught flat-footed when ChatGPT and other AI tools took the technology industry by storm. Now, after some frozen panic…
Why does Google pay Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine?
Google pays Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine because iPhone users are…
Apple execs Eddy Cue and John Giannandrea set to testify in DOJ’s Google search trial
Two of Apple’s highest-ranking executives will testify in the U.S. Department of Justice’s trial against Alphabet subsidiary Google …
Apple said to be spending ‘millions of dollars a day’ on generative AI to supercharge Siri
According to a report from The Information, Apple is spending “millions of dollars a day” on generative AI to supercharge its Siri assistant…
Gene Munster: Apple’s opportunities to integrate AI are endless
Deepwater Asset Management’s Gene Munster, a longtime Apple analyst, says that Apple’s opportunities to integrate AI are endless…
Apple loses multiple top managers from self-driving vehicle project
In a sign of attrition within “Project Titan,” Apple’s self-driving vehicle effort, Apple has lost multiple top managers of its team in…
Apple hires former Google A.I. scientist who resigned after colleagues’ firings
Apple has hired former Google scientist Samy Bengio, who left Google amid turmoil in its artificial intelligence (A.I.) research department…
Apple reportedly discussing ‘Apple Car’ with automotive suppliers
On Wednesday, DigiTimes shared alleged details on Project Titan (“Apple Car”) autonomous vehicle development in Cupertino. Apple is…
Apple shifts leadership of autonomous vehicle systems to AI Chief
Bob Mansfield has retired (for good this time). Giannandrea will oversee the company’s continued work on autonomous vehicle systems…
Apple’s John Giannandrea discusses Apple silicon, artificial intelligence, and more
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are integral to nearly every feature on the iPhone and iPad, but unlike some of its competitors…
Apple buys machine-learning startup Inductiv Inc.
Apple Inc. bought machine-learning startup Inductiv Inc. Apple confirmed the deal, saying it “buys smaller technology companies from time to time…
Alexa wins the Apple App Store as voice control takes over
We are all spending more time talking to our computers. This is a changing interaction with machines…
Apple marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day with featured apps, new Siri Shortcuts
With last fall’s release of iOS 12, Apple introduced Siri Shortcuts…
Are we headed for a Mac automation schism?
The Mac is currently at the start of a pretty dramatic transition…
Apple hires top Artificial Intelligence expert Ian Goodfellow from Google
Ian Goodfellow, one of the top minds in artificial intelligence at Google, has joined Apple…
Amazon preps rival to Apple’s AirPods as its first Alexa wearable
Amazon.com Inc. is trying a new way to take its Alexa digital assistant mobile…
Apple acquires Laserlike machine learning startup
Apple has acquired Laserlike, a small Silicon Valley-based machine learning startup…
Check out these 150 custom shortcuts for Apple’s Shortcuts App
After several months of work, I’m pleased to announce the MacStories Shortcuts Archive…
Apple’s Siri Shortcuts may just be misunderstood
Siri is paying attention to your habits and busily creating shortcuts in the background…
Apple uses Siri Shortcuts to catch up to Alexa, Google Assistant
While Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant got busy over the past few years creating oodles of new skills and capabilities, Apple’s Siri seemed to be asleep…
Apple’s HomePod sold 1.6 million units last holiday quarter
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker experienced 45 percent growth in the holiday quarter…
Apple buys voice app startup PullString
This could help Siri better compete with Amazon’s Alexa…
Head of Apple’s Siri team apparently has been reassigned
Bill Stasior, who was lured from Amazon in 2012 to lead Siri is no longer heading the voice assistant group…
Boy, 13, arrested after telling Siri he wanted to shoot up a school
An Indiana middle schooler was busted for telling Siri he planned to open fire on a school…
Typical Siri stupidity
I thought Siri was smarter than this, but…
Apple’s HomeKit was a surprise winner of CES 2019
Without stepping foot in Las Vegas or making a single announcement of its own, Apple is having one of its best CES conferences in years…
Apple’s Siri has gotten a lot more accurate over the past 9 months
We recently tested four smart speakers by asking Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and Cortana…
AI guru John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team
Apple today announced that John Giannandrea has been named to the company’s executive team…
Why iPhones will have NVRAM-based Artificial Intelligence in 2019
Artificial Intelligence is remaking our world. But the biggest challenge is making AI work at the edge…
Apple must reinvent the Genius Bar
Apple has reached such a scale that makes the current customer service model unsustainable…
Apple’s Siri improved by 11 percentage points in correct answers over the last 15 months
As part of our ongoing effort to better understand the practical use cases of AI and the emergence of voice as a computing input…
Siri’s last remaining cofounder is out at Apple in virtual assistant shakeup
Tom Gruber, the last of three Siri voice assistant co-founders still at Apple…
Apple continues to signal the importance of AI
Apple’s head of AI, John Giannandrea, will take responsibility for Siri from Craig Federighi…
Apple combines machine learning and Siri teams under John Giannandrea
Apple is creating a new AI/ML team that brings together its Core ML and Siri teams…
Chamath Palihapitiya: Apple is a ‘productive cash machine’ but probably not so innovative now
Chamath Palihapitiya told CNBC on Wednesday he sees Apple as a massive generator of cash…
Study: Google Assistant most accurate, Alexa most improved virtual assistant
Two more studies analyzing interactions with voice search and virtual assistants were released this week…
Video: 21 minutes with the Apple’s new Head of Machine Learning and A.I. Strategy
Computers are incredibly powerful, but they’re also pretty dumb….
Apple’s Siri, HomePod and the voice assistant showdown
The battle of the smart assistants continues, and while people seem to want to get more from using Siri…
Apple’s A.I. efforts get shot of adrenaline with Giannandrea coup
Apple has been criticized for not doing enough in A.I…