Hacker News with Generative AI: Siri

'Hey Siri, What Month Is It?' (daringfireball.net)
Whole Reddit thread examining this simple question: “What month is it?” and Siri’s “I’m sorry, I don’t understand” response (which I just reproduced on my iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 18.4b4). One guy changed the question to “What month is it currently?” and got the answer “It is 2025.”

Siri, Apple, iOS, Voice Assistants, Artificial Intelligence

8 points by m463 11 days ago | 0 comments

Apple will try to right the Apple Intelligence Siri ship, don't expect firings (appleinsider.com)
Apple's ongoing promise to improve its vocal assistant Siri with Apple Intelligence has still not been fulfilled, and looks to be a failure at multiple levels of the executive management team.

Apple, Siri, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology

4 points by ksec 16 days ago | 1 comments

Leaked Apple meeting shows how dire the Siri situation is (theverge.com)
Leaked Apple meeting shows how dire the Siri situation really is

Apple, Siri, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Business

88 points by belter 16 days ago | 79 comments

Apple's Siri Chief Calls AI Delays Ugly and Embarrassing, Promises Fixes (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc.’s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing, and a decision to publicly promote the technology before it was ready made matters worse.

Artificial Intelligence, Apple, Siri, Technology, Business

57 points by mfiguiere 19 days ago | 64 comments

Apple Delays Siri Upgrade Indefinitely as AI Concerns Escalate (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc.’s turmoil in its AI division reached new heights on Friday, with the company delaying promised updates to the Siri digital assistant for the foreseeable future.

Artificial Intelligence, Apple, Siri, Technology

5 points by croes 23 days ago | 0 comments

Apple delays upgraded Siri: it's taking 'longer than we thought' (theverge.com)
Apple’s more personalized Siri features need a little more time in the oven. Company spokesperson Jacqueline Roy gave this statement to Daring Fireball today announcing the delay:

Apple, Siri, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Software

12 points by bookofjoe 25 days ago | 4 comments

Apple Confirms Delay of AI-Infused, Personalized Siri Assistant (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc.’s turmoil in its AI division reached new heights on Friday, with the company delaying promised updates to the Siri digital assistant for the foreseeable future.

Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Siri, Delays

6 points by mfiguiere 26 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Is Delaying the 'More Personalized Siri' Apple Intelligence Features (daringfireball.net)
“Siri helps our users find what they need and get things done quickly, and in just the past six months, we’ve made Siri more conversational, introduced new features like type to Siri and product knowledge, and added an integration with ChatGPT. We’ve also been working on a more personalized Siri, giving it more awareness of your personal context, as well as the ability to take action for you within and across your apps.

Apple, Siri, Artificial Intelligence, Personalization

13 points by ingve 26 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Enlists Veteran Software Executive to Help Fix AI (yahoo.com)
Apple Inc. executive Kim Vorrath, a company veteran known for fixing troubled products and bringing major projects to market, has a new job: whipping artificial intelligence and Siri into shape.

Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Siri, Business, Technology

12 points by doener 67 days ago | 4 comments

Apple makes a change to its AI team and plans Siri upgrades (theverge.com)
Apple is making an executive change to try and improve its AI efforts and Siri. Kim Vorrath, who recently helped get the Vision Pro software out the door and has been at Apple for 36 years, has been brought over to Apple’s artificial intelligence and machine learning division and will serve as a “top deputy” to AI boss John Giannandrea, Bloomberg reports.

Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Siri, Technology, Leadership

6 points by _fs 67 days ago | 1 comments

Siri Is Super Dumb and Getting Dumber (daringfireball.net)
Writing about the current state of Apple Intelligence yesterday, I mentioned how utterly stupid and laughably wrong Siri is when asked the simple question, “Who won Super Bowl 13?”, and mentioned that that particular example came from a friend.

Artificial Intelligence, Apple, Siri

76 points by rgovostes 68 days ago | 59 comments

Siri Is Super Dumb and Getting Dumber (daringfireball.net)
Writing about the current state of Apple Intelligence yesterday, I mentioned how utterly stupid and laughably wrong Siri is when asked the simple question, “Who won Super Bowl 13?”, and mentioned that that particular example came from a friend.

Artificial Intelligence, Apple, Siri, Super Bowl

20 points by tambourine_man 68 days ago | 1 comments

Apple to pay $95M to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping (apnews.com)
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.

Privacy, Lawsuits, Apple, Siri, Technology

17 points by mentalgear 89 days ago | 6 comments

Apple to pay $95M to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of snoopy eavesdropping (apnews.com)
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.

Privacy, Lawsuits, Apple, Siri, Technology

21 points by Paddywack 89 days ago | 14 comments

Apple will pay $95M to settle Siri privacy lawsuit (9to5mac.com)
Over five years ago, Apple was hit with a lawsuit over ‘unlawful and intentional recording’ of Siri interactions. Now finally, the case is coming to an end, with Apple agreeing to pay $95 million in a settlement.

Privacy, Lawsuits, Apple, Technology, Siri

30 points by janandonly 89 days ago | 6 comments

Apple will pay $95M to people who were spied on by Siri (theverge.com)
Apple has agreed to a $95 million settlement with users whose conversations were inadvertently captured by its Siri voice assistant and potentially overheard by human employees.

Privacy, Lawsuits, Apple, Siri, Voice Assistants

20 points by tanduv 89 days ago | 0 comments

Siri mixes up baby kangaroo with Friends sitcom actor (mastodon.social)

Siri, Voice Assistants, Entertainment, Pop Culture

19 points by latexr 94 days ago | 3 comments

Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2: A Deep Dive into Working with Siri and ChatGPT (macstories.net)
Apple is releasing iOS and iPadOS 18.2 today, and with those software updates, the company is rolling out the second wave of Apple Intelligence features as part of their previously announced roadmap that will culminate with the arrival of deeper integration between Siri and third-party apps next year.