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Tag: Dag Kittlaus

Siri’s last remaining cofounder is out at Apple in virtual assistant shakeup

Thursday, July 19, 2018 10:31 am8 Comments

Tom Gruber, the last of three Siri voice assistant co-founders still at Apple…

Apple is on a hiring spree to make Siri smarter

Monday, April 2, 2018 2:00 pm14 Comments

Apple appears to be focusing in a big way on Siri, evidenced by a major hiring spree…

Siri’s co-creator hits back at claims Siri was broken from launch

Friday, March 16, 2018 10:31 amFriday, March 16, 201816 Comments

In the wake of a recent damning report, suggesting that Siri is broken…

Siri creator Dag Kittlaus diagnosed with same rare type of pancreatic cancer Steve Jobs had

Thursday, January 12, 2017 4:25 pmThursday, January 12, 201713 Comments

Dag Kittlaus who sold his famous speech recognition company to Apple in 2010…

Samsung brings in founders of Apple’s Siri with ‘Viv’ startup acquisition

Thursday, October 6, 2016 9:26 amThursday, October 6, 20168 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. is acquiring Viv Labs Inc., a U.S.-based artificial-intelligence software company…

Siri creator on new AI platform ‘Viv’ and conversational commerce

Friday, June 17, 2016 3:01 pmFriday, June 17, 20165 Comments

Virtual assistant technology is rapidly spreading on smartphones and devices like Amazon’s Echo….

Will Apple buy Viv, from the creators of Siri?

Friday, May 13, 2016 12:55 pmFriday, May 13, 201617 Comments

With the news that Alphabet’s Google is reportedly working on its own answer to Amazon’s surprise hit, the Echo…

Why isn’t Apple’s Siri where ‘Viv’ is by now?

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 5:20 pmTuesday, May 10, 201625 Comments

A full third of the original Siri team left Apple to create a brand new intelligent assistant, Viv…

Meet Viv, the next-gen AI assistant, from the creators of Siri

Monday, May 9, 2016 1:28 pmMonday, May 9, 201618 Comments

Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer created the artificial intelligence behind Siri, Apple’s iconic digital assistant…

Verizon had deal to put Siri exclusively on Android phones before Apple bought the company

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:13 amWednesday, January 23, 201318 Comments

In February 2010, three weeks after Siri debuted as an independently developed iPhone app…

Steve Jobs wasn’t a fan of the Siri name

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:44 amWednesday, March 28, 201224 Comments

Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus relayed how Jobs wasn’t particularly enthralled with the name…

Siri creator: Apple will produce Siri-capable TVs by 2013

Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:33 pmThursday, November 10, 20118 Comments

Since the unveiling of its iPhone 4S back in October, Apple has received heaps of praise…

Siri co-founder Kittlaus amicably departs Apple

Monday, October 24, 2011 9:58 am15 Comments

There were several reasons for the departure, which was amicable and has been planned…

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