Apple is teaching Siri to learn new tricks

Apple plans to introduce a much smarter version of Siri this year, leveraging a bunch of machine learning technologies it recently acquired with Turi, Tuplejump, Perceptio, VocalIQ and other AI-focused acquisitions, Digitimes claims.

Coming soon?

The report seems to suggest Apple plans to introduce these features alongside introduction of a future iPhone, though it is not clear if this will be this year, or the next.

However, this makes little sense given Siri is now available across all Apple’s platforms – while the capabilities may differ (Siri behaves a little differently on a Mac, for example), the basic tech is similar.

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