WWDC: Apple to showcase AI tech developments to rival Google and Facebook TheINQUIRER

APPLE WILL FLAUNT its work on artificial intelligence (AI) at WWDC, which could include a smarter Siri and some machine learning tech to rival efforts from Google and Facebook. Or Tim Cook could just announce Siri for Mac OS, do a mic drop and walk offstage. Apple's efforts in AI so far have mostly revolved around Siri, which is more a virtual assistant with speech recognition capabilities than particularly advanced machine learning software. But if we know Apple, the company is working on some AI tech that will offer serious smarts hidden behind a slick visual interface. This is something that could annoy Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who has something of a negative opinion about AI and smart robots. We reckon that Apple will announce a Siri that plays well with more third-party iOS apps, and an SDK to allow developers to code Siri into their apps, expanding the use of a virtual assistant that has been a bit of a gimmick so far.