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Apple’s AI Breakthrough Merges Text, Images for Enhanced Learning

Apple's research team has made a significant leap in artificial intelligence with new methods for training Large Language Models (LLMs). A multimodal LLM is essentially an advanced type of artificial intelligence that can understand and process different types of data, specifically text and images, at the same time, while then giving an answer based on...

Apple Using ChatGPT to Test AI-Powered Siri, Shows Code

Apple is said to be making huge inroads into artificial intelligence with the upcoming release of iOS 18, as revealed by the first beta of iOS 17.4 analyzed by 9to5Mac. The code indicates that Apple is developing a new version of Siri, enhanced by large language model technology, and is testing its features—by using OpenAI’s...

Apple to Close Siri AI Team in San Diego, 120+ Jobs in Jeopardy

Apple is closing its 121-person artificial intelligence team related to its Siri voice assistant in San Diego, California, with a potential risk of termination for many employees, according to sources familiar, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The Data Operations Annotations team, focused on refining Siri's voice recognition capabilities, was informed of the impending relocation and merger...

Siri Can Now Access and Add to your Health App Data

With Apple’s software releases today, including watchOS 10.2, iOS 17.2, and iPadOS 17.2, users of Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2, iPhone, and select iPads now have the ability to access and log their Health app data using Siri. The S9 SiP, Apple's most advanced watch chip to date, allows the Apple Watch...

Apple Engineers Creating ChatGPT Tech Jumped Ship to Google: Report

A new report from The Information spells out how Apple is struggling in the artificial intelligence race, even losing some top engineers to Google that were working on similar technology used by the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google managed to lure three top engineers away from Apple to work on large-language models (LLMs) similar to...