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Re:Government-funded inventions that Apple compiled into its... by elvicherrera on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:49AM (#24177741)
I wasn’t aware siri was developed by DARPA.
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Re:Government-funded inventions that Apple compiled into its... by ColinWright on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:42AM (#24178207)
Quoting from here: https://www.sri.com/hoi/siri/

"Siri, the first virtual personal assistant, arose from decades of SRI research in artificial intelligence (AI). The technology was developed through the SRI-led Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes (CALO) project within DARPA’s Personalized Assistant that Learns (PAL) program, the largest-known AI project in U.S. History, and joint work with EPFL, the Swiss institute of technology.

"SRI spun off Siri, Inc. in 2007 to bring the technology to consumers, raising $24 million in two rounds of financing.

"In April 2010, Apple acquired Siri, and in October 2011, Siri was unveiled as an integrated feature of the Apple iPhone 4S."

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