Apple partners with Google and Nvidia for AI development, unveils redesigned Siri at WWDC
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Summary
Apple announced its AI strategy at WWDC 2024, revealing a redesigned Siri with improved conversational abilities and demonstrating features like checking concert dates, setting reminders, and providing directions. The company is taking a different approach from rivals by partnering with Google and Nvidia to build its AI models rather than spending billions on proprietary infrastructure.
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WWDC showed off demos of its redesigned Siri, which can speak back and forth with the user, a major improvement over previous versions of the assistant.
In a demo, Siri was able to check concert dates, set a reminder to buy tickets, and even get directions to pick up a friend on the way to the concert venue.
The announcement also highlighted that Apple has taken a different strategy to many of its Silicon Valley rivals, choosing not to spend billions
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