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Bye Siri, Says Apple AI's Last Remaining Founder (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the time-to-move-on dept.

Tom Gruber, the last of three Siri voice assistant co-founders still at Apple, has retired from his role as head of Siri's Advanced Development group, The Information reports. From a report: The 59-year-old will pursue personal interests in photography and ocean conservation, the publication said citing unnamed sources. Gruber's departure comes as the Siri group is seeing a major haul in its leadership under new boss John Giannandrea, formerly Google's head of AI and search. Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, with whom Gruber founded the original Siri Inc before it was bought over by Apple in 2010, left the iPhone maker years ago in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

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  1. Bye bye English by Lije+Baley · · Score: 2

    "from a report"
    "major haul"
    "bought over"
    Bye bye editing.

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  2. This is a total non-story by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 2

    It’s about one guy retiring. Meanwhile, in iOS 12 Siri, which up to now has been a voice macro system for Apple stock apps, will be opened up for third-party use. This is when thing will start to get interesting.

  3. Don't care by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Siri, Alexa and other fucking intruding so-called A.I. crap are not worth the constant spying.

    There's only two persons I wish would leave Apple:
    - Tim Cook, the bean-counter CEO who doesn't care about Macs
    - Jony Ive, the let's-make-everything-thinner designer who keeps making Macs worst every fucking year

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    1. Re:Don't care by datavirtue · · Score: 2

      Right...I decided to do a test one day to see how sensitive Alexa was. Mind you, this is with a a $25 el-cheapo device.

      I whispered "Alexa".

      I reduced volume even more with a faint whisper: "Alexa"

      I dropped it down to -11 and really just tried to prevent Alexa from hearing me at all. No dice. She responded each time.

      Alexa is now in my "computer junk bin."

      I do realize that the problem of my cell phone remains along with all the other cell phones in the house which I have to assume are capable of the same creepy shit. I have nothing to hide as I'm quite open about my use of ganja and I'm otherwise a "law abiding citizen" but this is just unacceptable. I talk a lot of politics and current world affaris with my son--a lot. Those are things you don't want fed to the beast.

      I recently saw an article on various things that people "say to Alexa." So your whispers and other convo are all being recorded and reported on. Fact.

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  4. Re:At 59? I'd have been out sooner by swb · · Score: 2

    I'd wager "ocean conversation" could be an altruistic version of yachting.

    Managing a long-endurance ocean research vessel and coordinating their research sounds like a great way to fill all of your time plus more, not to mention a lot of social contact even at sea.

    I think the bigger problem for people who retire is that they seldom have the resources to plunge into a hobby immersive enough to fill their time. Too many people count on creativity or something else to stretch their limited resources and fill in their time.