This is just a misleading news story designed to take eyes off google and other services that save your data and sell it to the highest bidder. Of course alexa, etc. can answer your questions in a more personal manner because they have compiled every aspect of your online life and use the information to answer your questions. Apple compiles only necessary information and is not in the business of selling your private information.
Peter MacDonald - 5 years ago
This coming from the company with the billboards,ads and CEO that claim they are all about their customer's privacy. Just like every big tech company it appears.
Dan Eaton - 5 years ago
I think Apple should be doing checks of Siri requests where multiple requests from the same user/device are happening in a short time span, as this to me would indicate that the user isn't being understood correctly.
Siri is years behind Google Assistant and Cortana. Siri’s lack of functionality is because of Apple’s concern about privacy. Somebody need to get working on Siri in a major way. Siri does not to need to be graded, Siri needs to be majorly over-hauled into something that can understand normal things people say.
And yes privacy is a big deal. Why not make all the Siri recordings publicly available? That way I can hear what the Developers are listening too from my device.
Luke Premo - 5 years ago
I’m not the happiest but I rather have it be Apple listening then another company like Google. I trust them and how they handle privacy and the reasoning seems to be good. Siri certainly needs to be graded???? Also, it’s not like their alone in listening to conversations. In this day and age, if you wish to use a digital voice assistant you should be used to the fact or at least know that someone is listening.
SoberTillNoon - 5 years ago
These assistant apps either tell you that they will be reviewed or allow you to opt in/out of sending them for review by humans for things ranging from improving accuracy to finding out what people want to do with their assistants..you can't just smash next and not at least give a cursory review of what you're accepting. Or rather you can, it just makes you look silly when you should have already known.
STEPHEN A TENBERG - 5 years ago
This is a silly story going around. Google too. I'm a developer - that's how this works. Of course we monitor otherwise how could it get better?
Patrick - 5 years ago
The SIRI responses are anonymized before anyone hears them. Who cares?
This is just another case of the media using a salacious Apple headline to get clicks. So sad that people fall for it.
Google and Amazon are doing the same thing, but the responses ARE NOT anonymized. That is cause for concern.
Felix Beaumont - 5 years ago
I don't use an apple device so it doesn't bother me that much lol.
This is just a misleading news story designed to take eyes off google and other services that save your data and sell it to the highest bidder. Of course alexa, etc. can answer your questions in a more personal manner because they have compiled every aspect of your online life and use the information to answer your questions. Apple compiles only necessary information and is not in the business of selling your private information.
This coming from the company with the billboards,ads and CEO that claim they are all about their customer's privacy. Just like every big tech company it appears.
I think Apple should be doing checks of Siri requests where multiple requests from the same user/device are happening in a short time span, as this to me would indicate that the user isn't being understood correctly.
Siri is years behind Google Assistant and Cortana. Siri’s lack of functionality is because of Apple’s concern about privacy. Somebody need to get working on Siri in a major way. Siri does not to need to be graded, Siri needs to be majorly over-hauled into something that can understand normal things people say.
And yes privacy is a big deal. Why not make all the Siri recordings publicly available? That way I can hear what the Developers are listening too from my device.
I’m not the happiest but I rather have it be Apple listening then another company like Google. I trust them and how they handle privacy and the reasoning seems to be good. Siri certainly needs to be graded???? Also, it’s not like their alone in listening to conversations. In this day and age, if you wish to use a digital voice assistant you should be used to the fact or at least know that someone is listening.
These assistant apps either tell you that they will be reviewed or allow you to opt in/out of sending them for review by humans for things ranging from improving accuracy to finding out what people want to do with their assistants..you can't just smash next and not at least give a cursory review of what you're accepting. Or rather you can, it just makes you look silly when you should have already known.
This is a silly story going around. Google too. I'm a developer - that's how this works. Of course we monitor otherwise how could it get better?
The SIRI responses are anonymized before anyone hears them. Who cares?
This is just another case of the media using a salacious Apple headline to get clicks. So sad that people fall for it.
Google and Amazon are doing the same thing, but the responses ARE NOT anonymized. That is cause for concern.
I don't use an apple device so it doesn't bother me that much lol.
This is arwful
No! Simple as that
If they're grading only how Siri does. Which I guess is the point here?