Apple just straight up robbed Google

A few weeks ago, my iPhone woke me up at 3:30 a.m. 

In a way, it was my fault. I’d technically set the alarm “for three thirty.” In another way, it was Siri’s fault. Apple’s AI assistant never thought to question if I was asking for “a.m.” or “p.m.” And it simply assumed the most painful option for me.

It’s just one of countless tiny examples of how Siri, 16 years since Apple acquired the technology, has been a disappointing product. Siri was already looking dusty before modern large language models (LLMs) emerged...