Siri is a personal assistant application for iOS. The application uses natural language processing to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to an expanding set of web services. The iOS app is the first public product by its makers, who are focused on artificial intelligence applications. Siri was acquired by Apple Inc. on April 28, 2010.
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| Developer(s) | SRI International |
|---|---|
| Operating system | iOS |
| Type | Intelligent software assistant |
| Website | Official website |
Siri's marketing claims include that Siri adapts to the user's individual preferences over time and personalizes results, as well as accomplishing tasks such as making dinner reservations and reserving a cab.[1]
Funding
Siri was founded in December 2007 by Dag Kittlaus (CEO), Adam Cheyer (VP Engineering), and Tom Gruber (CTO/VP Design), together with Norman Winarsky from SRI's venture group. On October 13, 2008, Siri announced it had raised an $8.5 million Series A financing round, led by Menlo Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures.[2] In November 2009, Siri raised a $15.5 million Series B financing round from the same investors as in their previous round, but led by Hong-Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing [3]
Acquisition
On 28 April 2010, it was announced that Apple Inc. was to buy Siri.[4]
Re-launch
It was announced on October 4, 2011 that Siri will be included with the iPhone 4S.[5] The new version of Siri is deeply integrated into iOS, and offers conversational interaction with many applications, including reminders, weather, stocks, messaging, email, calendar, contacts, notes, music, clocks, web browser, Wolfram Alpha, and maps. [6] Currently, Siri only supports English (US, UK, and Australia), German and French. [7]
Research and development
Siri is a spin-out from SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center, and is an offshoot of the DARPA-funded CALO project, described as perhaps the largest artificial-intelligence project ever launched.[8][verification needed]
Siri's primary technical areas focus on a Conversational Interface, Personal Context Awareness, and Service Delegation.[9][verification needed]
Siri's actions and answers rely upon a growing ecosystem of partners,[10][verification needed] including:
- OpenTable, Gayot, CitySearch, BooRah, Yelp, Yahoo Local, ReserveTravel, Localeze for restaurant and business questions and actions;
- Eventful, StubHub, and LiveKick for events and concert information;
- MovieTickets, RottenTomatoes, New York Times for movie information and reviews;
- True Knowledge,[11] Bing Answers, and Wolfram Alpha for factual question answering;[12]
- Bing and Google for web search.
See also
References
- ^ "iPhone 4S - Ask Siri to help you get things done". Apple. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic (2008-10-13). "Semantic Stealth Startup Siri Raises $8.5 Million". Readwriteweb.com. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ A Personal Assistant on Your iPhone.
- ^ April 28, 2010 (2010-04-28). "BREAKING NEWS: Siri bought by Apple". Scobleizer.com. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Apple (2011-05-31). "Apple iPhone 4S event: as it happened". Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "iPhone 4S - Ask Siri to help you get things done". Apple. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ Viticci, Federico (2011-09-27). "Apple Officially Unveils Siri Voice Assistant – Supports English, French and German". Macstories.net. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ Hay, Timothy (2010-02-05). "Siri Inc. Launches 'Do Engine' Application For iPhone". Wall Street Journal (online). p. 1. Retrieved 2010-02-05. [dead link]
- ^ Siri Technology page[dead link]
- ^ Siri Partners page[dead link]
- ^ "True Knowledge partners with Siri". Blog.trueknowledge.com. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Apple Siri". Apple.com. Retrieved 2011-10-05.