They have used Wolfram Alpha for ages. They use different sources for different data (so for example, they don't use Wolfram Alpha to search the web)
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WWDC 2019: Siri Expected to Become More Useful With Third-Party Apps on iOS 13 and More
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They have used Wolfram Alpha for ages. They use different sources for different data (so for example, they don't use Wolfram Alpha to search the web)
But apps could in theory make Siri "respond better" to what a user is requesting. These things (Siri, Alexa, HeyGroogle, etc) don't have true artificial intelligence yet. So when we say they are "smart", all it means is that they are effective in responding to whatever the user is requesting.
True, and I’m fine with that. Our self-interests are aligned. Unlike say the American credit agencies that fairly recently screwed us over.
Mine and literally millions of others. I'd argue that your 'it works perfectly' is far more the exception, and it's certainly anecdotal. Controlled tests don't count.
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iOS 13 will enable developers to integrate Siri into their apps for several new use cases, including media playback, search, voice calling, event ticketing, message attachments, flights, train trips, and airport gate and seat information, according to 9to5Mac's Guilherme Rambo.
In a report today, Rambo detailed several other developer-focused features that he expects Apple to announce at WWDC in June, including the ability for iOS apps ported to the Mac to use Mac-specific features such as the Touch Bar and keyboard shortcuts along with support for multiple windows.
Rambo says enabling Mac support for an existing iOS app is "as easy as checking a checkbox" in Xcode, akin to adding iPad support to an iPhone app.
Apple's augmented reality platform ARKit is said to gain "significant improvements" this year, including a brand new Swift-only framework for augmented reality and a companion app that lets developers create augmented reality experiences visually. ARKit is also said to gain the ability to detect human poses.
Developers are also expected to gain access to a handful of new frameworks that allow for expanded use of the Taptic Engine, document scanning in third-party apps, and the ability to capture photos from external devices such as cameras and SD cards without having to go through Apple's Photos app.
Last, on the Mac, apps will supposedly be able to offer file provider extensions, improving the integration of apps like Dropbox with Finder.
Article Link: WWDC 2019: Siri Expected to Become More Useful With Third-Party Apps on iOS 13 and More
So post some data that shows why we should be scared or it's just your FUD.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...l-the-data-facebook-google-has-on-you-privacy
That said, I don't really care as much about it as some people do.
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This is from The Guardian's Opinion page, so the rhetoric is high ("Work at Google and you’re suspicious of your wife?") but disregarding that:
I have a good job and can afford luxuries, like an iPhone. Most of the world cannot. For many, maybe even most people in the world, the price of even the cheapest iPhone is out of their reach. The Apple ecosystem that I enjoy by paying extra for iCloud services, is not fully available to them, so it is less of a benefit.
Joe Smith, from a country at the bottom of the GDP list, can get an Android phone with 90% of the capabilities at a fraction of the price. He has access to capable apps from their store, very nice Google applications, and access to Google's cloud services (unless restricted by his nation?). At what cost? Google knows where he's been, what he's been searching for, what he likes, and uses that data to show him ads from local and online retailers. I would be a different matter if these ads were being spammed at him constantly.
Is Google waking him up at night, pinging his phone during work, or making him watch ads before he can make a call? Nope. Discrete ads when he's searching the web and while watching YouTube.
Google's business model takes money from those with wealth (companies), and takes data from customers. They use the wealth they take from businesses to benefit themselves and to incentivize customers by building useful apps. They use the data they get from their customers to select the ads from businesses to show them.
Businesses benefit because they know their ads are put in front of people with at least a passing interest in their products or services. Customers benefit because Google provides them cheap gear and services that they derive a benefit from.
Google wins. Businesses win. Customers win. Different business model from Apple does not mean 'evil'.
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Great! But if the developers for things like Google Maps and Spotify could actually add Siri commands for their apps, that would be great... Also, Siri on HomePod has to be the most watered down and dumbest version of Siri I have ever used. I know Apple is all about their own music service, but it just bewilders me to this day how they are so stingy they are about the control of other music services to the point where you can only do the standard controls of play/pause and track control. The fine folks at Apple as well as these 3rd parties better get their tails out from between their legs and actually make Siri "more useful", or else us consumers will still be stuck complaining about how limited Siri kind of is still.
Wolfram Alpha was a source since day dot.
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If you are saying it out loud don't you already know how to pronounce it? And if you are pronouncing it wrong, how are the assistants able to figure out what you are trying to say?
"Here's how you pronounce porch: PORCH"