And it’s about time.
But a privacy-rupturing, copyright-disregarding server-side behemoth is not the Apple Way.
“Up to now, conversational features like Siri are notorious for false positives.
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One thing that AI chatbots are really great at is understanding what you mean when you talk to them.
They’re accurate and surprisingly fast, given that they all operate in the cloud.
What they’re not so good at is giving you answers.
They make up facts and get petulant and defensive when you call them out.
It’s hard to see Apple letting that kind of thing happen.
So what can we expect?
More of what we already have, only better.
This is what will set an AI-enabled Siri apart.
That said, thisisstill Siri, so we’ll wait to see if it actually works as intended.