Robert McMillan explains what happens to the data generated and stored with Siri queries: "
Once the voice recording is six months old, Apple “disassociates” your user number from the clip , deleting the number from the voice file. But it keeps these disassociated files for up to 18 more months for testing and product improvement purposes." [Wired]
— Rob
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Xeni Jardin at 4:36 pm •
VIDEO
In
this video , an increasingly frustrated native Japanese speaker discovers that Siri is unable to parse the spoken English word "work" when voiced with a typical Japanese accent.
(kenjikinukawa via Joi Ito )
Xeni Jardin at 9:56 am •
The guys at
Gizmodo did a
side-by-side comparison of voice search on iPhone, using Siri vs. using Google Voice Search for iOS.
(Thanks, Joe Sabia !)
Oh, Conan:
Apple's New Siri Commercial Cuts To The Chase . Will be region-blocked or ad-preceded for many of you, but there are some illicit copies
floating around on YouTube .
(Thanks, Susannah Breslin !) — Xeni
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