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Apple has updated Siri to offer a more appropriate response to possible suicide risks
Adoption rates for voice control technologies have increased over the last year; roughly one-fifth of broadband users surveyed use either Siri or Google Now ... Both Apple's Siri technology and Google Now are commonly used to look up information and send text messages. However, over 50% of Siri users play music or schedule events with the technology, a much higher rate than Google Now users.
Adoption rates for voice control technologies have increased over the last year; roughly one-fifth of broadband users surveyed use either Siri or Google Now ... Both Apple's Siri technology and Google Now are commonly used to look up information and send text messages. However, over 50% of Siri users play music or schedule events with the technology, a much higher rate than Google Now users.More quotes »
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Apple amends Siri’s response to suicide with more direct approach
an approach designed to drive users to seek help as quickly as possible. With an update to phones running iOS 6 and iOS 7, Siri now reacts with a strong, two-fold approach when mentions of suicide come up. First, the assistant offers the number of the National 49 m ago from The Apple Blog Read more »
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Siri Has Suicide Prevention Protocols If She Thinks You Might Hurt Yourself
Across the world, estimates range between 800,000 and one million people. Suicide is the 10th most common cause of death. Siri’s suicide prevention protocols don’t include such rigorous intervention. Maybe in iOS 8. What do you think of Siri’s suicide prevention 4:13 PM from The Inquisitr Read more »
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The Critical Path #88: Siri in the Driver’s Seat
In the second part of our WWDC wrapup, we delve into the large-scale shift represented by iOS 7. Siri guides us on the journey from navigation to consumption in our latest AsymCar segment, and Horace examines what iWork for iCloud means. 2:26 PM from asymco Read more »
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Use Your iPhone To Make You Life Easier
phone and submerge it in a plastic ziptop bag with plenty of rice. When you wake up in the morning, it ought to be dried out. Siri allows you to set reminders based on your location. Rather than saying a time-based reminder to Siri, you can use a different 12:36 PM from Finest Tech Read more »
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Of Course iOS 7 is Broken, it’s Beta
beta testing, but that didn't stop the barrage of complants over voice recognition failures. In that case, maybe waiting until Siri had more development time would've been prudent, but that would've delayed the release and ultimately slowed its progress since 11:09 AM from The Mac Observer Read more »
