Apple Purchases iPhone 'Personal Assistant' Company Siri

[sishaw]

Wow! I wonder if the Siri capabilities will be integrated into the SDK so developers can access them in their applications. Many cool things could come from that!

 

[G58]

Distortion

Does it have a feature to tell you that you might be getting too drunk and subsequently misplace the phone?

Jason Chen is developing one to pay for his legal bills. Gray Powell is also developing one to pay for therapy sessions after his 'meeting' with Steve Jobs!


Disclaimer:
Some or all of this may be true. It is however designed to be satire and not intended to represent a true state of the app development aspirations of the two gentlemen who's names I've plucked from recent news hilarity!

 

[wilhoitm]

This is those apps + the star trek voice computer put together.

Think bigger!!!

Siri was spun out of SRI International and its core technology is based on the ambitious DARPA-funded CALO artificial intelligence project.

 

[Jmacman78]

Siri: What Can I help you with.

Me: I'm looking for hookers.

Siri: Ok. here are some escorts a short drive from here.

 

[wilhoitm]

It is good to see Apple getting involved with AI

Does this mean my iPhone or iPad is going to become self aware? 🙂

http://caloproject.sri.com/

 

[wilhoitm]

Huh? Yet another "find stuff nearby" and "book me a..." app? Why? There weren't enough already? And now Apple needs to have their own built-in?

Sorry to go against the grain here. But I just don't get it.

Ol' ye of little faith...

http://caloproject.sri.com/about

 

[wilhoitm]

Has the price for Siri been disclosed?

Apple has got deep pockets! I wonder how much these guys got in the buyout?


Marcus

 

[msb65]

Siri: What Can I help you with.

Me: I'm looking for hookers.

Siri: Ok. here are some escorts a short drive from here.

If you want hookers get an Android phone.

 

[LoganT]

Does this mean my iPhone or iPad is going to become self aware? 🙂

http://caloproject.sri.com/

I think you mean this site. http://siri.com

 

[iOrlando]

Steve, thanks for reading my thread on February 5th (third paragraph).

😛

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/860404/

too funny

 

[gdprof27]

Perhaps this is to be integrated with MobileMe?

 

[headfuzz]

I guess that means the Blackberry version is never coming 🙁

Can you say "iPhone OS 4 killer app"? 😀

 

[LoganT]

Perhaps this is to be integrated with MobileMe?

Most likely it will be implemented into the VoiceControl.

 

[Supernicklas]

Does it have a feature to tell you that you might be getting too drunk and subsequently misplace the phone?

+1

 

[Supernicklas]

"Open the pod bay door Siri!"

 

[JoeDRC]

I'm sure Apple engineers can appreciate that 😉

zingg!

thats a pretty good app, makes me wish i still had an iphone, using it drunk is a challenge within itself 😉

 

[Minimoose 360]

Hadn't seen this app prior until this...looks very intuitive. Apple made a really good move here, this will be a great addition to the iPhone OS.

 

[capsfan1978]

Perhaps this is to be integrated with MobileMe?

Maybe also with a new Maps function based on the mapping company Apple purchased last year - Placebase.

 

[powers74]

voice

this sounds promising.

 

[wolfenkraft]

I still think the best thing in terms of a personal assistant they can do for the iphone is making the lock screen have calendar and event info on it. That's the one thing I miss from my winmo phones.

 

[AlphaMikeRome0]

is this US only?, i cant seem to find it, im in the UK

 

[Willis]

US only at the moment. Will be amazing for UK users too

 

[AlphaMikeRome0]

US only at the moment. Will be amazing for UK users too

damn yet another waiting time

 

[odedia]

This is great.

The voice recognition on the iPhone sucks today. The Nexus One is amazing at interpreting voice input on any text field.

This is the way to go.

 

[BornAgainMac]

I would like to find apps in the App store and on my iPhone/iPad using voice and describing what I am looking for rather than a name search.