I think it worth pointing out that Siri's achievements beyond google should be credited to the startup that created it. It's popular and fun to give Apple all the credit, and they made a great purchase.
But this is not a story about Apple the innovator. This is a story about a startup that won big. That they were bought by Apple and integrated instead of remaining a strong new company is more a reflection on the current state of the software business than anything else.
All credit to the Siri team and the projects that it is derived from. The funding for this includes government (DARPA) as well as several academic institutes:
"Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Massachusetts, the University of Rochester, the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Oregon State University, the University of Southern California, and Stanford University, as well as from SRI."
But this is not a story about Apple the innovator. This is a story about a startup that won big. That they were bought by Apple and integrated instead of remaining a strong new company is more a reflection on the current state of the software business than anything else.
All credit to the Siri team and the projects that it is derived from. The funding for this includes government (DARPA) as well as several academic institutes:
"Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Massachusetts, the University of Rochester, the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Oregon State University, the University of Southern California, and Stanford University, as well as from SRI."
References:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/semantic_stealth_startu...
https://pal.sri.com/Plone/framework