It seems as though everyone but Apple is jumping on the AI bandwagon, but according to a report, that might not be the case for very long. As uncovered by 9to5Mac in the tvOS 16.4 beta, Apple is testing new language generation AI capabilities for Siri. The technology, code-named “Bobcat,” is very limited in scope right now, but could eventually expand to greater capabilities and devices.
A recent New York Times report explained how the original trio of AI assistants—Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa—are very limited in their capabilities and have been soundly surpassed by generative AI based on large language models like ChatGPT. ChatGPT’s capabilities have captured the imagination of the tech community and, together with generative AI like Midjourney, Dall-E, and Stable Diffusion, have inspired something of a gold rush for generative artificial intelligence. The New York Times mentioned that, according to its sources, “Many engineers, including members of the Siri team, have been testing language-generating concepts every week.”
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