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Apple to Shutter 121-Person San Diego AI Team in Reorganization
14Jan By adminNo Comments
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Apple to Shutter 121-Person San Diego AI Team in Reorganization

[ad_1] Apple Inc. is shutting a 121-person team related to artificial intelligence operations in San Diego, leaving many employees at risk of termination, according to people familiar with the matter. The group, known as Data Operations Annotations, was told Wednesday that they would be relocating to Austin to merge with the Texas portion of the same team, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans haven't been announced.Apple told employees that they have until the end of February to decide if they will relocate, according to the people. If they don't, the workers will be terminated on April 26. The group, which also has offices in China, India, Ireland and Spain, is responsible for improving Siri by listening to queries to the voice service and determining if it...
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Apple AI tools all set for launch with iOS 18; may make announcement around CES 2024 too
8Jan By adminNo Comments
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Apple AI tools all set for launch with iOS 18; may make announcement around CES 2024 too

[ad_1] With sales in the corridor of uncertainty in 2023, 2024 is a big year for Apple in terms of introducing AI features to its products to ensure it gets buyers to make a beeline for stores. With the Samsung Galaxy S24 set for a big launch, nothing short of a massive announcement will likely do. While the company is far behind then other competitors in terms of AI integration, however, it is working to ramp up its game. With the iOS 18 update, Apple is planning to bring new generative AI tools and features to the iPhones just like Samsung and Google Pixel are doing. Earlier, it was rumored that Siri may get generative AI features, however, it looks like Apple has planned something bigger, which it will reveal at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Apple's generative A...
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT will ‘see, hear and speak’ in major update
26Sep By adminNo Comments
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT will ‘see, hear and speak’ in major update

[ad_1] OpenAI's ChatGPT is getting a major update that will enable the viral chatbot to have voice conversations with users and interact using images, moving it closer to popular artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like Apple's Siri.The voice feature "opens doors to many creative and accessibility-focused applications", OpenAI said in a blog post on Monday. Similar AI services like Siri, Google voice assistant and Amazon.com's Alexa are integrated with the devices they run on and are often used to set alarms and reminders, and deliver information off the internet. Since its debut last year, ChatGPT has been adopted by companies for a wide range of tasks from summarizing documents to writing computer code, setting off a race amongst Big Tech companies to launch their own offerings ba...
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OpenAI Gives ChatGPT the Ability to Speak in Five Different Voices
25Sep By adminNo Comments
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OpenAI Gives ChatGPT the Ability to Speak in Five Different Voices

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI is rolling out a feature for its ChatGPT app that lets the chatbot respond to spoken questions and commands with speech of its own. Starting over the next two weeks, users will be able to choose a voice in the chatbot app, picking from five personas with names like “Juniper,” “Breeze” and “Ember.” ChatGPT will then produce audio of the text it generates in that voice — for example, reading an AI-generated bedtime story out loud. The feature will be available to people who subscribe to OpenAI's $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus service and enterprise users.OpenAI released its ChatGPT app in May, and already offers a voice-to-text capability that lets users talk to the bot. Adding an audio response feature could create a sense that people are having ...
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Siri to AppleCare, Mark Gurman reveals where Apple may use its ChatGPT-like app, dubbed Apple GPT
24Jul By adminNo Comments
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Siri to AppleCare, Mark Gurman reveals where Apple may use its ChatGPT-like app, dubbed Apple GPT

[ad_1] Apple Inc. is in the process of making its own smart AI assistant called "Apple GPT," according to a report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Saying that the company is now fully invested in large language models (LLMs) and that it is planning to release a generative AI product as early as next year. They've already developed an internal tool similar to ChatGPT, which helps employees try out new features, summarize text, and answer questions using data it has learned, he added.The heart of this LLM work is a fresh framework called Ajax. It was used to build the ChatGPT-style app known as "Apple GPT" within the company, and there could be more similar products in the future. Many teams across Apple, including software engineering, machine learning, and cloud engineering, are collaborati...
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Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI
19Jul By adminNo Comments
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Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI

[ad_1] Apple Inc. is quietly working on artificial intelligence tools that could challenge those of OpenAI Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and others, but the company has yet to devise a clear strategy for releasing the technology to consumers.The iPhone maker has built its own framework to create large language models — the AI-based systems at the heart of new offerings like ChatGPT and Google's Bard — according to people with knowledge of the efforts. With that foundation, known as “Ajax,” Apple also has created a chatbot service that some engineers call “Apple GPT.” In recent months, the AI push has become a major effort for Apple, with several teams collaborating on the project, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. The work includes trying to a...
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Race towards ‘autonomous’ AI agents grips Silicon Valley
18Jul By adminNo Comments
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Race towards ‘autonomous’ AI agents grips Silicon Valley

[ad_1] Around a decade after virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa burst onto the scene, a new wave of AI helpers with greater autonomy is raising the stakes, powered by the latest version of the technology behind ChatGPT and its rivals.Experimental systems that run on GPT-4 or similar models are attracting billions of dollars of investment as Silicon Valley competes to capitalize on the advances in AI. The new assistants - often called "agents" or "copilots" - promise to perform more complex personal and work tasks when commanded to by a human, without needing close supervision. "High level, we want this to become something like your personal AI friend," said developer Div Garg, whose company MultiOn is beta-testing an AI agent. "It could evolve into Jarvis, where we want this to be c...
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Kiljoy! No more ‘Hey Siri’! Apple set to make massive change
3Jun By adminNo Comments
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Kiljoy! No more ‘Hey Siri’! Apple set to make massive change

[ad_1] The phrase 'Hey Siri' has become an iconic feature introduced by Apple in 2014 to activate Siri, the virtual assistant. Over the years, it has gained popularity due to its references in popular culture. However, recent reports suggest that Apple might announce the removal of support for this trigger phrase at WWDC 2023, as indicated by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg. Gurman tweeted today, "I'd look out for that possibility next week."This potential change was first reported in November of the previous year when Gurman mentioned that Apple has been working on an initiative to eliminate the 'Hey' from the trigger phrase. Instead, users would only need to say 'Siri' along with a command to activate the virtual assistant. Bloomberg also stated that Apple has been working on implementing th...
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Ahead of WWDC 2023, Apple reveals AI booster shot for Siri and iOS, announces hiring drive
22May By adminNo Comments
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Ahead of WWDC 2023, Apple reveals AI booster shot for Siri and iOS, announces hiring drive

[ad_1] Despite the current economic uncertainty and layoffs happening in the tech industry, there is a growing demand for professionals specialising in artificial learning (AI) and machine learning. Recognising the importance of AI and aiming to stay competitive, Apple has joined other major tech companies by announcing a hiring drive. As many as 176 new job openings focused on machine learning and artificial intelligence have been revealed.As reported by Pocket-lint, Apple plans to allocate 68 of these positions to Siri, highlighting the company's commitment to advancing its voice assistant technology. An additional 52 positions will be dedicated to integrating AI into iOS, while 46 will focus on macOS. It is worth noting that several roles will require expertise across multiple produc...
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Hey Apple, Where Are Your Chatbots?
25Apr By adminNo Comments
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Hey Apple, Where Are Your Chatbots?

[ad_1] As Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc., and — now — Amazon.com Inc. blaze ahead in the race to deploy advanced chatbots like ChatGPT, one rival remains nowhere to be seen. Apple Inc. may be biding its time for the technology to mature, as it often does, yet waiting too long could also put the iPhone maker in a position where it's hard to catch up.AI is not new to the Cupertino-based company. Its Siri voice assistant, using speech recognition and machine learning to understand a request and execute a solution, was released 12 years ago. It also bought music-recognition app Shazam and personalized magazine creator Texture, both of which were incorporated into Apple's ecosystem. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook told investors in February that AI would be a 'major focus' for Apple and cit...
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