Potentially. This seems like it could have a lot of implications for wearables with sensors and cameras such as the rumored glasses or the AI AirPods.
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Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats
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When Siri starts transcribing my facial expressions to the person on the other end, I’m cooked.
Part of me thinks Apple is doing what it must to keep their operations running smoothly during the current political turbulence. However, the more Tim Apple does for the current administration, the bigger my ick gets.
If Apple really cared about keeping up appearances, they could do good CSR as conspicuously as they are their pro-Trump moves.
Releasing a black unity watch band and perhaps later a pride watch band isn’t really enough to distract us from gifting trophies to the president, donating millions to the ballroom (which may be a lid on top of an underground data centre) and attending the Melania premier so soon after the Alex Pretti execution.
When Apple can go bargain-shopping for talent and technologies after AI models fully become commodities and the smaller shops and/or overleveraged startups won't be able to survive that flattening.
Devils advocate. So the USA isn’t openly funding terrorism, but they are doing so behind closed doors?
America openly finds tons of terrorism the world over. Remember, there are two or more sides to every story/conflict.
The USA funding groups against Iran, would be funding Terrorism in Iran’s eyes.
Let’s get real. Israel is notorious for spying on its allies. They bring gifts to American politicians and every single time they get scanned, they find bugs in them. Pagers with bombs in them. I got the ick just reading that apple would acquire a company from this country. Then I read these Israeli developers are joining Apple’s team. That is OMINOUS in ways we may not see realised until much later. If we want to start doomsaying, Apple devices could turn into a global network of bugs for Israel to prosecute its critics.
By that logic, all of America and all of Australia deserves to be exterminated by their First Nations contingents. Does that sound like a good time to you?
So Siri will still suck for anything beyond setting timers but at least they’ll know what kind of mood I’m in. Got it!
It seems they have patents. Not sure how patterns detected by AI are patentable hey it's something.
Perhaps novel algorithms or something I dunno. I supposed it's more about the tech being ready for market and the talent involved???
But hey, they were able to trot it out to investors and say
"SEE! we working on AI!!"
"2 BILLION dollars worth!! IN! YOUR! FACE!"
Perhaps novel algorithms or something I dunno. I supposed it's more about the tech being ready for market and the talent involved???
But hey, they were able to trot it out to investors and say
"SEE! we working on AI!!"
"2 BILLION dollars worth!! IN! YOUR! FACE!"
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Even the fact that this is listed under Political News is rooted in antisemitism. (It's giving "Why moderate a non-political topic when we can just throw it in Political News and let people talk about Zionism?") We all know how people are in the Political News forum.
This has nothing to do with Israel's (trash-ass and genocidal) policies, this has to do with a company based in Israel.
edit: gave context to first sentence
I’m sorry I can’t read your expression this is what I found on the web
I'm not a Zionist myself, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that a lot of antisemites say "Israel" when they really mean "the Jews." Not all, but a damn lot.
You forgot the point that Siri can't show you and you need to ask again from your iPhone.
Those here, who for some reason don't like that this company is from Israel, maybe stop using Face ID?
One of the founders of this company was a founder of the company which Apple acquired for the technology that was the basis of Face ID:
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One of the founders of this company was a founder of the company which Apple acquired for the technology that was the basis of Face ID:
Apple acquires audio AI startup for $2 billion
Apple confirmed to Reuters today that it has acquired an Israeli startup called Q.ai, which uses artificial intelligence technology to analyze audio: Apple did not disclose terms of the deal or wha…
sixcolors.com
I'm going to make what seems like is one of the few posts on this thread that is talking about the actual acquisition, as this is a tech site for apple fans...
Seems exciting to me - and proof that Apple is serious about fixing Siri, as it's anticipating a world in which Apple actually uses Siri...
...Which might turn out to be quite a noisy world with us all jabbering at our phones, so hopefully this tech can stop that.
Incidentally, I was thinking today that if Siri is actually going to be useful and people do start using it, we could all end up triggering Siri on each other's devices.
So I hope that Apple has long-ish canned list of names up its sleeve that we can use to rename Siri.
Seems exciting to me - and proof that Apple is serious about fixing Siri, as it's anticipating a world in which Apple actually uses Siri...
...Which might turn out to be quite a noisy world with us all jabbering at our phones, so hopefully this tech can stop that.
Incidentally, I was thinking today that if Siri is actually going to be useful and people do start using it, we could all end up triggering Siri on each other's devices.
So I hope that Apple has long-ish canned list of names up its sleeve that we can use to rename Siri.
You fund Jordan and Egypt. Both shinning examples of human rights
Yes, the US voted in favor of the 1947 partition that would have given both the Jews and Arabs their own states. Of course, the Arabs chose to attack the Jews instead.
Israel successfully fought and survived two major wars without major US military funding.
When the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many you see times like this. Non verbal speech AI enhancements taking prioritization over modernizing Siri overall. OK.
Or am I reading this wrong in a non-verbal way where I should be communicating with hand gestures and eyebrow raises?
Does this unlock Siri's ability to fail (like it always does) and finally understand what it means when I flip Siri off?
Or am I reading this wrong in a non-verbal way where I should be communicating with hand gestures and eyebrow raises?
Does this unlock Siri's ability to fail (like it always does) and finally understand what it means when I flip Siri off?
>"Patents filed by Q.Ai show its technology being used in headphones or glasses, using 'facial skin micro movements' to communicate without talking," the report said, adding that this could pave the way for "non-verbal discussions" with Siri.
Ouch! Been a while since I rolled my eyes that hard.
Ouch! Been a while since I rolled my eyes that hard.
Why is standard acquisition by Apple political? Was the Beats acquisition in the Political forum?
lol they sure aren't afraid of political implications lately between cook and this.
Can't blame them, Israeli are the best in many departments ,and the value jews place on education might be what made them the smartest ethnicity on earth (last I checked). As well as ...erm... natural selection
Can't blame them, Israeli are the best in many departments ,and the value jews place on education might be what made them the smartest ethnicity on earth (last I checked). As well as ...erm... natural selection
