Apple names John Giannandrea to its executive team as SVP of ML and AI Strategy
The promotion highlights the growing importance of machine learning and artificial intelligence at the Cupertino firm.
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How HomePod uses machine learning to boost far-field Siri accuracy
Apple’s Audio Software Engineering and Siri Speech Team explain how HomePod uses machine learning running on the 64-bit Apple A8 processor to filter out echo, reverberation and background noise when making spoken requests to Siri.
Apple to attend the world’s largest machine learning conference, recruit new ML engineers
Apple will attend the world’s largest machine learning conference next week and is seeking to fill more than a hundred open positions in this field.
How Siri recognizes obscurely named points of interest like local restaurants & businesses
Siri’s speech recognition system is paired with a bunch of geolocation-based language models allowing the smart assistant to recognize obscurely named places on a map.
Will Apple’s new AI chief fix Siri?
Apple has a new chief that will oversee Apple’s strategy for artificial intelligence and machine learning, who’s also supposed to fixate many shortcomings of Apple’s underpowered digital assistant.
Using Raise to Speak to invoke Siri listening sessions on Apple Watch without Hey Siri
Thanks to watchOS 5 and machine learning, Apple Watch customers can invoke Siri listening sessions hands-free, no need to speak the “Hey Siri” trigger phrase.
Google Photos will colorize your B&W photos, help you remove background colors & more
Google Photos will get one-tap actions, work with your favorite apps and devices, change black-and-white shots into color and help you remove background colors from an image.
Google News is rolling out overhauled, artificially intelligent iPhone app with subscriptions & more
The new app replaces Google’s existing Play Newsstand and News & Weather apps and includes AI-powered recommenations and features like Full Coverage.
Here’s why Apple chose the phrase “Hey Siri”
“Hey Siri” was introduced in iOS 8 on iPhone 6 and many people still don’t realize that Apple chose that particular natural phrasing for a very good reason.
UniChar uses Machine Learning to make finding special characters easier
UniChar is a cool little app and keyboard, and offers access to a huge world of Unicode characters that are otherwise absent within the standard iOS keyboard. If you’re looking for a more hipster way to send emoji, or need access to more complex symbols, check out UniChar.
Video: hands-on with machine learning-powered mixing in djay Pro 2 for Mac
Automix AI in the new djay Pro 2 app for Mac uses machine learning for remarkably smooth transitions between songs. We asked our own Andrew O’Hara to put together a quick hands-on video walthrough showing how Automix AI works.
Apple shares Turi Create framework on Github for easier machine learning model building
Apple is making it easier for those who aren’t experts in machine learning to create their own machine learning models. They’ve released their Turi Create framework on GitHub for developers to take advantage of.