9 Best Articles in 2022
hey-siri.io
Hey Siri
hey-siri.io
From 2016 · Hey-Siri.io is a list with many different commands for Siri in english and german
Shared by 106, including Simon07, Christiane Link, Chris Messina, Esther Schindler, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Ryan Boren, Dayyan Smith, Christopher Möller, Christian Leu, Philippe, Amaury, tenty, Kam, Casey Smith
The New York Times
Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t.
The New York Times
5 min read · From 2018 · Researchers can now send secret audio instructions undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant.
Reader View · Shared by 172, including Alex Barrera, Tris Hussey, Thomas Power, Ferran Sala, Bjorn Larsen, #bottish, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Felix M, Merkstatt, Liliane Ferrari ™, Marsha Collier, Azeem Azhar, Thomas Pleil, Daniel Benchimol, Gerd Leonhard, Bertrand Maltaverne, Kim Dik, nSonic
The New York Times
How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri
The New York Times
~20 min read · From 2017 · How one 13-year-old boy with autism became BFF’s with Apple’s Siri
Reader View · Shared by 158, including Chi Mai, Nir Eyal, Gideonro, Liza Sperling, Graham Marshall, Claudia Sommer, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina
TechCrunch
Apple combines machine learning and Siri teams under Giannandrea
TechCrunch
2 min read · From 2018 · Apple is creating a new AI/ML team that brings together its Core ML and Siri teams under one leader in John Giannandrea. Apple confirmed this morning that the combined Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning team, which houses Siri, will be led by the recent hire, who came to Apple this year a…
Reader View · Shared by 48, including Kim Schläpfer, Brian Roemmele, Nick Floro, Oliver Ewinger
Guardian Tech
Apple contractors 'regularly hear confidential details' on Siri recordings
Guardian Tech
4 min read · From 2019 · Workers hear drug deals, medical details and people having sex, says whistleblower
Reader View · Shared by 115, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Yvette Dubel, Harpreet Singh, Brian Roemmele, Jonathan Kogan, Miguel, Rafael Zeier, George M 🇪🇺, Merkstatt, dunschtig, Claudia Sommer, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Azeem Azhar
Recode
Voice tech like Alexa and Siri hasn’t found its true calling yet: Inside the voice assistant ‘revolution’
Recode
~13 min read · From 2018 · Until we invent something that wouldn’t be possible without voice, we’re just repurposing online content for our ears.
Reader View · Shared by 104, including Steven Sinofsky, James Young 🇺🇦, Brian Honigman, Harpreet Singh, luis antónio santos, Mathew Ingram, Brian Roemmele, Chris Schultz ✌️, #bottish, Richard Joerges
machinelearning.apple.com
Deep Learning for Siri’s Voice: On-device Deep Mixture Density Networks for Hybrid Unit Selection Synthesis
machinelearning.apple.com
~13 min read · From 2017 · Siri is a personal assistant that communicates using speech synthesis. Starting in iOS 10 and continuing with new features in iOS 11, we base Siri voices on deep learning. The resulting voices are…
Reader View · Shared by 78, including Data Science Renee, Tim Herbig, Helmi, Merkstatt, Memi Beltrame, Thomas Telandro, Phil Amour, Niklaus Gerber, mdy
Quartz
People are using Siri as a therapist, so Apple is seeking engineers who understand psychology
Quartz
2 min read · From 2017 · Calling all compassionate computer scientists—Siri, and society, need your help.
Reader View · Shared by 27, including Thomas Power, Merkstatt, Florian Hanke 🍎, Chris Messina
TechCrunch
Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search results on iOS and Spotlight on Mac
TechCrunch
5 min read · From 2017 · Apple is switching the default provider of its web searches from Siri, Search inside iOS (formerly called Spotlight) and Spotlight on the Mac. So, for..
Reader View · Shared by 53, including Chung Chen, Mahantesh Biradar, Thomas Power, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Research Stash, Oliver Reichenstein, Aki Fukai ✏️, Thomas Telandro, Dominic Grzbielok, Kim Dik
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Mashable
Apple's new accessibility features include door detection and live captions
Mashable
2 min read · May 19th · Also: New Apple Watch features, and Siri and Books improvements.
Reader View · Shared by 7, including Merkstatt
dataconomy.com
What is the best artificial intelligence app?
dataconomy.com
8 min read · May 6th · We try to answer the quesiton, what is the best artificial intelligence app by looking at examples like Tinder, Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana...
Reader View · Shared by 28, including Iain Brown, PhD, Marcus Borba @ #CollisionConf #SiemensAtCollision
Literary Hub
Racism, Patriarchy, and Power: Siri Hustvedt on the Toxic Thinking Behind the Supreme Court’s Destruction of Abortion…
Literary Hub
~11 min read · Jun 27th · In 1972, abortion was illegal in Minnesota. One day that year—the exact day has vanished from memory—a 21-year-old man drove his terrified 16-year-old girlfriend to a women’s clinic in Minneapolis.…
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TechCrunch
Layoffs hit crypto and real estate tech particularly hard this week
TechCrunch
4 min read · Jun 17th · Hey Siri, when does a “macroeconomic downturn” become a “recession”? It’s another bleak week for startups weathering dismal tech stocks and even worse cryptocurrency prices. But let’s start with some…
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NPR
The Push For A Gender-Neutral Siri
NPR
5 min read · From 2018 · Siri, Alexa and Cortana all started out as female. Now a group of marketing executives, tech experts and academics are trying to make virtual assistants more egalitarian.
Reader View · Shared by 26, including Bernhard Huessy, Chris Messina, Kim Schläpfer
The New York Times
Stanford Team Aims at Alexa and Siri With a Privacy-Minded Alternative
The New York Times
5 min read · From 2019 · A handful of companies already dominate the market for digital assistants. The implications for consumer privacy are a serious concern, researchers say.
Reader View · Shared by 69, including The Indian Express, Dominik Grolimund, Thomas Power, Rick Powell, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Smita Nair Jain, Privacy Matters 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🌻, Sam DeZerga, Merkstatt, Javi Cantón
WIRED
Facebook Launches M, Its Bold Answer to Siri and Cortana
WIRED
6 min read · From 2016 · Facebook’s new virtual assistant, M, can make restaurant reservations, buy a birthday present for your spouse, or book a weekend getaway.
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WIRED
How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance—Easy
WIRED
3 min read · From 2020 · Alexa can tell you the weather. Siri knows a few jokes. In China, voice-computing company iFlytek built similar smart assistants beloved by users. But its tech is also helping the government listen…
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WIRED
How Apple Finally Made Siri Sound More Human
WIRED
~11 min read · From 2017 · If Apple can make Siri sound less like a robot and more like someone you know and trust, it can make the virtual assistant great—even when it fails.
Shared by 41, including Howard Getson, Brian Roemmele
Quartz
We tested bots like Siri and Alexa to see who would stand up for herself when sexually…
Quartz
~16 min read · From 2017 · We collected definitive data on Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and Google Home's responses to sexual harassment by their users—and it's not pretty.
Reader View · Shared by 40, including mdy, Mark Needham, #bottish, Chung Chen, Chris Messina, Pete Skomoroch, Daniel Boos, Thomas Power
Fast Company
The world’s first genderless AI voice is here. Listen now
Fast Company
1 min read · From 2019 · Siri, Cortana, Alexa, and Google all default as women. But what if AI assistants thought beyond gender norms?
Shared by 127, including Dominik Grolimund, Kaspar Manz, Niklaus Gerber, dunschtig, Katja Evertz, Ines Bieler, Florian Hanke 🍎, Lukas Stickelberger, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️
Mashable
Now we know why Siri was so dumb for so long
Mashable
4 min read · From 2018 · Siri could have been a lot smarter apparently.
Reader View · Shared by 36, including Thomas Power, Chung Chen, Brian Roemmele
Typeform
Siri is dying. Long live Susan Bennett.
Typeform
~12 min read · From 2017 · An interview with the woman who gave Apple its voice, and a preview of what's to come.
Reader View · Shared by 58, including Pieter van Diggele, Nir Eyal, Cameron Yick, Michael Schär, Dominik Grolimund
