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Google at their last conference put AI so central – as the next big thing, that I just can't help to think, that Apple was forced to follow that path. So they u

Google at their last conference put AI so central – as the next big thing, that I just can't help to think, that Apple was forced to follow that path. So they used the terminology of "AI" and "deep learning" in their presentation. Yet it didn't make me confident they are really up to it. That they really have the expertise, to make this into something that does work (even on the phone itself! - all the other deep learning algorithm need huge frameworks with GPUs!) Myself, I wasn't able to experience the promised virtues of AI from Google itself. So I wouldn't go as far to call it a bluff from Google. But definitely from Apple, as of now.

simonh 10y ago
I see it more as a back-and-forth. If anything Apple fired the first shot in anger in the platform AI wars by integrating Siri into iOS. Before then voice control was just simple vocal commands and dictation. It seemed for a while though that Apple was falling behind. Google Now and Cortana overtook them in capability and now they're fighting for the lead again. I wonder what happened. Perhaps the original Siri team didn't properly gel into the Apple corporate culture? I know the founders left after a few years. Anyway, it looks like Apple now have a solid internal Siri team able to push the platform forwards.