In response to privacy concerns raised a few days ago in an article by the British newspaper the Guardian, Apple has temporarily suspended the Siri grading program globally, saying that an upcoming iOS software update will give its customers new controls so they could choose whether they would like to participate in the grading process or not.
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Google’s AI expert Ian Goodfellow joins Apple as a director of machine learning
Google's artificial intelligence expert Ian Goodfellow has joined Apple's Special Projects Group as a director of machine learning.
Apple names John Giannandrea to its executive team as SVP of ML and AI Strategy
John Giannandrea, Google's former search chief, was promoted today to Apple's executive team as Senior Vice President of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy, becoming one of 16 executives who report directly to CEO Tim Cook.
How Siri recognizes obscurely named points of interest like local restaurants & businesses
Apple Thursday published a new entry on its Machine Learning Journal blog which goes highly technical on Siri's ability to recognize obscurely-named points of interest on a map, like your local restaurants, businesses and other places.
Will Apple’s new AI chief fix Siri?
Apple recently poached Google’s former head of search, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the 53-year-old Scottish engineer John Giannandrea, and now we know precisely what he's been tasked with doing at the Cupertino company.
Google Photos will colorize your B&W photos, help you remove background colors & more
Today at its annual developer conference, Google announced some important new features and changes coming to its popular photo-management app for iOS, Android and the web.
Google News is rolling out overhauled, artificially intelligent iPhone app with subscriptions & more
Google I/I, the search giant's annual developers conference, is currently underway and the search giant just announced a whole new Google News app for iPhone and iPad that takes advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning to bring you the stories you're most likely to care about.
Video: hands-on with machine learning-powered mixing in djay Pro 2 for Mac
Algoriddim yesterday released its djay Pro 2 for Mac, a major release bringing, aside from other enhancements and new features, a brand new AI-driven Automix mode that works like magic.
Selecting people and animals in Photoshop will soon become much less of a hassle
If you're a heavy Photoshop user, I bet you've spent countless hours painstakingly creating precise selections around people in your images. Thanks to machine learning and artificial intelligence, this frustrating and tedious task will soon become a thing of the past.
Apple’s devised novel self-driving tech for detecting small obstacles using LiDAR
Apple's kept its self-driving research secret for years, but now the company has publicized some of its autonomous driving software techniques that improve obstacle detection.
How Apple’s on-device facial detection works
Apple today pushed a new post to its Machine Learning Journal blog launched in the summer.
Apple’s embarrassing “i → A [?]” autocorrect bug could be a machine learning problem
Apple's QuickType keyboard bug in iOS where typing the letter “i” can replace it with the uppercase letter “A” and a question mark symbol could be a machine learning problem, according to Daring Fireball's John Gruber.