Apple has swallowed up two AI startups that will make its products "smarter"
Apple has bought a startup Perceptio - an image recognition system based on machine learning. The system is based on deep learning technology. It allows smartphones to independently recognize and classify images (or images) without accessing external databases.
Other existing technologies for recognition in the vast majority do not do without cloud computing and third-party servers. Apple, apparently, plans to minimize the use of user data in computing processes and to make wearable devices more independent, writes Bloomberg.
“Apple buys small companies from time to time, and we usually don’t discuss our goals or plans,” Apple said.
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Perceptio co-founders Nicholas Pinto and Zach Stone are engaged in teaching artificial neural networks to recognize and classify images. According to AppleInsider, Stone is already working in Apple's California office.
On October 2, AppleInsider became aware of another corporation acquisition. Apple absorbed the British startup VocalIQ , which developed natural language processing systems for voice control. VocalIQ development can be used in various fields of activity - from the automotive industry and wearable devices to smart home control systems.
Thanks to the deal, Apple will be able to improve the capabilities of the Apple Siri voice assistant. VocalIQ software allows voice assistants to sound more natural. With the help of such software virtual assistants "learn" during each contact with a person.
However, there are more "interesting" reasons for buying VocalIQ: Apple is going to somehow integrate it into the CarPlay car system, or plans to use it in an electric car, which has been rumored about from time to time.
VocalIQ started its activities under the leadership of the Dialogue Systems Group from the University of Cambridge. She is known in the automotive world for her joint projects with the largest American automotive corporation General Motors . Presumably, after the deal with Apple, the VocalIQ team will remain in Cambridge.
Other existing technologies for recognition in the vast majority do not do without cloud computing and third-party servers. Apple, apparently, plans to minimize the use of user data in computing processes and to make wearable devices more independent, writes Bloomberg.
“Apple buys small companies from time to time, and we usually don’t discuss our goals or plans,” Apple said.
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Perceptio co-founders Nicholas Pinto and Zach Stone are engaged in teaching artificial neural networks to recognize and classify images. According to AppleInsider, Stone is already working in Apple's California office.
On October 2, AppleInsider became aware of another corporation acquisition. Apple absorbed the British startup VocalIQ , which developed natural language processing systems for voice control. VocalIQ development can be used in various fields of activity - from the automotive industry and wearable devices to smart home control systems.
Thanks to the deal, Apple will be able to improve the capabilities of the Apple Siri voice assistant. VocalIQ software allows voice assistants to sound more natural. With the help of such software virtual assistants "learn" during each contact with a person.
However, there are more "interesting" reasons for buying VocalIQ: Apple is going to somehow integrate it into the CarPlay car system, or plans to use it in an electric car, which has been rumored about from time to time.
VocalIQ started its activities under the leadership of the Dialogue Systems Group from the University of Cambridge. She is known in the automotive world for her joint projects with the largest American automotive corporation General Motors . Presumably, after the deal with Apple, the VocalIQ team will remain in Cambridge.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/295100/
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