I’m pretty sure we all saw this coming. Why would Apple, out of all companies, not participate in, as Gizmodo reporter Kyle Barr puts it, the AI-ification of everything? During an earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he thinks there is a “huge opportunity for Apple with generative AI and AI,” hinting that the…
Apple has been relatively absent from last year’s AI hype cycle, and Microsoft even briefly surpassed it as the
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More than 75 million people use Alexa, but by Amazon’s standards, the service is a total failure.
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Siri is Apple's voice-enabled virtual assistant powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, and voice recognition.
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ChatGPT gained the ability to listen and talk back in September, allowing users to speak with generative AI.
The sleepy week between Christmas and New Year’s is for hangouts and hangovers. That is unless you work at Apple. For the folks in Cupertino, this week was all about trying to get the Apple Watch unbanned and scrambling to find a new lead designer for the iPhone.
Big Tech went on a murder spree in 2023. We saw the end of many once-loved products and services, all swallowed up into the great dark pit of corporate consolidation. Few companies kept their knives sheathed, and if this year taught us anything, 2024 is likely to be just as bloody.
