Pixelmator Pro gains machine learning-powered image resolution boost
Zooming and enhancing images like they do in all those cheesy police dramas is now a reality, sort of.
Machine learning
Photoshop for iPad adds automated one-tap subject selection
Photoshop maker Adobe today announced that a smart subject selection feature powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning is now available in Photoshop for iPad, the app’s second major feature addition since its launch at the Adobe MAX conference in November.
Apple stops Siri grading program globally, future iOS update to provide opt-in/out controls
An upcoming iOS software update will give users controls to choose whether they would like to participate in the grading process or not, according to the company.
Unpopular opinion: Apple contractors listen to some Siri audio to improve the service. What else is new?
The Internet went wild following The Guardian’s story that Apple contractors “regularly hear confidential details” while reviewing Siri audio snippets. iDB clears up the confusion.
Google’s AI expert Ian Goodfellow joins Apple as a director of machine learning
If Apple continues to poach Google’s best experts like this guy, who was one of the search giant’s top minds in artificial intelligence, maybe it stands a chance of fixing Siri after all.
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.
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.
