Will Siri Recap make the Apple Watch creepy? Privacy experts weigh in
A new Siri AI feature lets newer Apple Watch models quietly listen in and deliver "high-level" summaries of your conversations. But a new Siri AI feature, announced earlier this week during Apple’s fall hardware event, could land unsuspecting Apple Watch users who enable the option into the middle of a heated AI privacy debate, according to several experts I spoke with. Each week on Prompt Mode, I’ll be serving up analysis of the AI trends that matter to everyday users like you and me.
- ▪A new Siri AI feature lets newer Apple Watch models quietly listen in and deliver "high-level" summaries of your conversations.
- ▪But a new Siri AI feature, announced earlier this week during Apple’s fall hardware event, could land unsuspecting Apple Watch users who enable the option into the middle of a heated AI privacy debate, according to several experts I spoke w
- ▪Each week on Prompt Mode, I’ll be serving up analysis of the AI trends that matter to everyday users like you and me.
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A new Siri AI feature lets newer Apple Watch models quietly listen in and deliver "high-level" summaries of your conversations. Credit: Halyna Kubiv I’ve always thought of the Apple Watch as one of the friendliest and most helpful Apple devices, sitting on your wrist with a colorful watch face, telling the time, nudging you to get off your tush, gently tapping you (or not) with text alerts, and even sounding the alarm if it detects anything amiss with your heartbeat. But a new Siri AI feature, announced earlier this week during Apple’s fall hardware event, could land unsuspecting Apple Watch users who enable the option into the middle of a heated AI privacy debate, according to several experts I spoke with. Welcome to another edition of Prompt Mode, your weekly AI newsletter.
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