Last Siri Co-Founder, Tom Gruber, Retires From Apple

[Shanghaichica]

I bet you don't know the difference between wikipedia and Siri, furthermore Siri can also be a man

Yes Siri is a man on all my devices.

 

[Tiger8]

Thought home pod was going to save Siri?

 

[Uofmtiger]

Thought home pod was going to save Siri?

I think Siri is still alive. I used it in my car at lunch and it was still responsive for Carplay

 

[Aston441]

Unfortunately, Apple has put themselves in a really tough situation when it comes to AI/Siri. One of the major contributing factors to Google's, and to a lesser extent Amazon's, dominance in AI virtual assistants is the massive amount of data they collect on their users. While I have no doubt that the underlying technology behind Alexa and OK Google is definitely better than Siri - having a near endless pool of data to build upon really makes a big difference. Hopefully Apple will be able to course correct Siri to an extent, to at least make it competitive. However, unless Apple drastically changes their stance on privacy (which I not only doubt they'll do, I really DON'T want them to - I love Apple's stance on privacy), I just don't see them ever being able to match or surpass the abilities of OK Google and Alexa.

With all of that being said, we are seeing Apple making strides in making Siri more useful. One of the more intriguing aspects of iOS 12 is the tight integration with Workflow - specifically in how it can integrate directly with Siri. While this doesn't resolve the underlying issues with Siri, it does go a long way in adding more and useful functionality to Siri. As far as I know, and I could very well be wrong, neither OK Google nor Alexa allow the amount of find grained control of how you want your AI to work for you as Workflow does.

There's no point in caring about privacy any more, as most people are running software from Amazon and Google in their Apple products.

Privacy is a BS excuse from Apple now. Privacy is long gone.

 

[Luis Ortega]

... retiring to pursue "personal interests in photography and ocean conservation."​

Winning!

I think they should rescind his pension for foisting such a useless piece of crap like siri on innocent customers.

 

[noraa]

There's no point in caring about privacy any more, as most people are running software from Amazon and Google in their Apple products.

Privacy is a BS excuse from Apple now. Privacy is long gone.

Well, I'm very glad Apple disagrees with you. Privacy is NOT an excuse, privacy is one of Apple's biggest selling points. If you don't care about privacy, well there's Google and Amazon for you... Personally, I'll stick with Apple - there needs to be a company out there that champions privacy, even if it's a losing battle.