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Take Control of Siri AI and Apple Intelligence
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Take Control of Siri AI and Apple Intelligence

by Glenn Fleishman, Joe Kissell
August 2026
Beginner
144 pages
3h 9m
English
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A Quick Intro to Apple & AI

Apple started deploying what’s loosely called “artificial intelligence” over a decade ago, when they silently switched the original Siri voice-assistant system to use a neural network—a software model that mimics neurons in the brain—in 2014. Unfortunately, even then, Siri was always somewhat frustrating to use unless you learned exactly the set of words you should use for particular kinds of instructions, and were patient when it got it wrong—repeatedly. Other voice assistants, like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, offered more natural interactions.

The new Siri AI in the version 27 operating systems, along with many other features under the broader Apple Intelligence umbrella, seems to have gotten it right: ...

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