A standalone Siri speaker would help Apple better compete against the likes of Google Home and Amazon Echo, according to Bloomberg. Look for it at WWDC next week.
The winner of the assistant wars might able to take a cut of purchases made on its platform and also steer users toward its products and those of its allies.
The tech giant hopes to expand Siri's capabilities well beyond Apple apps and searching the web. An example might be to allow the personal assistant to book a ride through a ride-hailing app listed in Apple's App Store.
We use our devices for so many things, and, increasingly, this includes getting advice on depression, suicidal thoughts and other serious emotional issues. But are our devices sophisticated enough to answer? Not yet, a new study finds.
The effort announced on Friday, called OpenAI, joins significant investments from companies such as Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc.
The company told a U.S. judge that it strengthened encryption methods and could only access data on 10 percent of its devices using an older operating system.