Google I/I, the search giant's annual developers conference, is currently underway and the search giant just announced a whole new Google News app for iPhone and iPad that takes advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning to bring you the stories you're most likely to care about.
Apple has hired Google's chief of search and artificial intelligence John Giannandrea, reports The New York Times. The outlet has obtained an internal email from Tim Cook, who tells employees “John shares our commitment to privacy and our thoughtful approach as we make computers even smarter and more personal.”
Algoriddim yesterday released its djay Pro 2 for Mac, a major release bringing, aside from other enhancements and new features, a brand new AI-driven Automix mode that works like magic.
If you're a heavy Photoshop user, I bet you've spent countless hours painstakingly creating precise selections around people in your images. Thanks to machine learning and artificial intelligence, this frustrating and tedious task will soon become a thing of the past.
Apple's kept its self-driving research secret for years, but now the company has publicized some of its autonomous driving software techniques that improve obstacle detection.
Operations boss Jeff Williams is in Taipei today for the 30th anniversary of Apple's key semiconductor foundry partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which fabricates the new A11 Bionic chip powering iPhone 8 and iPhone X.
A highly interesting technical article published October 1 on Apple's Machine Learning Journal blog has gone unnoticed, until today.
Anki stole the show when it was announced at Apple's keynote just a couple short years ago. I know myself and many others wished we had cool toys like this when we were growing up. Luckily, you don't have to be a child to enjoy Anki's racing tracks, or their newly released Fast & Furious Edition.
Apple on Wednesday published three new articles detailing the deep learning techniques used for the creation of Siri's new synthetic voices. The write-ups also cover other machine learning topics it'll be sharing later this week at the Interspeech 2017 conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
Chris Lattner, a former star Apple engineer who built early versions of Apple's Swift programming language in 2010 before a team was formed to further the project, has joined Google's artificial intelligence (AI) team, according to his announcement on Twitter on Monday.
Tom Gruber, a Siri co-creator who still works at Apple, gave an interesting talk for TED in April in which he discussed how artificial intelligence (AI) could make personal memory enhancement a reality and help boost our memory, work and social lives.
Apple has started manufacturing its Siri speaker ahead of the WWDC keynote next week.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has learned from people familiar with the matter that the new smart home appliance won't be ready to ship until later in the year. However, Apple could debut the gadget during next Monday's keynote presentation at WWDC.
People who have seen it told Bloomberg that the product won't have a touchscreen, unlike what KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo speculated.
Taipei-based AirPods manufacturer Inventec has been tapped as the sole manufacturer of the Siri speaker. Bloomberg previously reported that Apple employees have been secretly testing the device in their homes for several months.
The forthcoming Siri gadget reached an advanced prototype stage late last year.
Apple is reportedly seeking to differentiate the Siri speaker from Amazon Echo and Google Home by offering virtual surround sound technology, Apple Music and other integrations.
The Siri speaker would also act as a HomeKit hub to let users remotely control smart home appliances such as lights, door locks and window blinds, a feature that currently requires either a fourth-generation Apple TV or an iPad.
Here's an excerpt form the article:
Along with generating virtual surround sound, the speakers being tested are louder and reproduce sound more crisply than rival offerings, sources in the know said.
Apple has also considered including sensors that measure a room’s acoustics and automatically adjust audio levels during use, one of the people said.
“This will be a platform for developing Apple’s services,” says Gene Munster of Loup Ventures.
Gurman speculated the Siri device could be tucked into Apple’s $11 billion “Other Products” category along with other devices like Apple Watch, Apple TV, AirPods and Beats accessories.
Apple declined to comment.
Siri speaker mockup via iFunnyVlogger on Twitter.