New Siri will take two years
Jobs’ Mob scrambles to play catch-up
The Tame Apple Press is reporting a rumour that Apple will have a new version of Siri out of the box to match the large language models that its rivals have had for ages—there is just one snag.
Apple finally fixes poor Siri programming
Only taken a decade
Fruity cargo cult Apple might have finally fixed a problem with Siri which it has known about since September 17, 2014.
Voice assistants were too dumb says Microsoft boss
Siri, Alexa and Cortana never reached full potential
After years of telling us that the Internet of Things powered by voice activated assistants were going to be a big thing, Big Tech is finally admitting that they were too dumb to do what was claimed.
Alexa tells child to electrocute herself for a challenge
It may sound shocking but who hasn't wanted to do that?
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant recommended to a 10 year-old that she electrocute herself as part of a “challenge”.
Chinese outfit sues Apple for more than a billion
That Siri inovation was ours
Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology, also known as Xiao-i has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging it nicked its AI ideas for Siri
iPhone will record police interactions
Hey Siri I am being pulled over by a cop with his name badge taped over
An iPhone user created a shortcut that prompts an iPhone to begin recording police interactions by the user simply uttering the phrase: "Hey Siri, I'm getting pulled over."
Apple buys another company to improve Siri
Hopefully this can bring it into the 21st century
Apple has been unable to improve its rather out of date Siri technology and has been shopping around technology companies to buy the tech it needs.
Apple works in a moral and legal grey area
Whistleblower warns
A former Apple contractor who helped blow the whistle on the company's programme to listen to users' Siri recordings has decided to go public, in protest at the lack of action taken as a result of the disclosures.
Don't ask Siri or Cortana for medical advice
Might as well ask the cat, implies new study
Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana offered first aid advice which was so bad they might as well have suggested a course of leeches, a study has suggested.
Homes to get smarter and smarter
People talking to robots not people
Sales of devices that talk to you, switch off your lights, lock your door and regulate how hot and cold you get will show increased growth between now and 2023.