Siri is good now??
TL;DR
You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer. " But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of Siri, and it actually seems to be pretty good.
Nauti's Take
This is not a moonshot, it is hygiene with billion-user distribution. If Siri becomes good enough, every assistant app built around calendars, timers, and light research loses oxygen.
AI builders now have to prove they are more than a nicer system feature.
Summary
You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer.
" But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of Siri, and it actually seems to be pretty good. On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk about their early experiences with Siri AI, and what it means for users, and the rest of the AI industry, for the iPhone's built-in assistant to be good enough at most things.
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