Apple Hires Google's AI Chief (nytimes.com) 29
"Apple has hired Google's chief of search and artificial intelligence (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source), John Giannandrea, a major coup in its bid to catch up to the artificial intelligence technology of its rivals," reports The New York Times. Giannandrea will run Apple's overall "machine learning and AI strategy," reporting directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook. From the report: The hire is a victory for Apple, which many Silicon Valley executives and analysts view as lagging its peers in artificial intelligence, an increasingly crucial technology for companies that enable computers to handle more complex tasks, like understanding voice commands or identifying people in images. "Our technology must be infused with the values we all hold dear," Mr. Cook said Tuesday morning in an email to staff members obtained by The New York Times. "John shares our commitment to privacy and our thoughtful approach as we make computers even smarter and more personal." Mr. Giannandrea, a 53-year-old native of Scotland known to colleagues as J.G., helped lead the push to integrate A.I. throughout Google's products, including internet search, Gmail and its own digital assistant, Google Assistant.
He joined Google in 2010 when it purchased Metaweb, a start-up where he served as chief technology officer. Metaweb was building what it described as a "database of the world's knowledge," which Google eventually rolled into its search engine to deliver direct answers to users' queries. (Try googling "How old is Steph Curry?") During Mr. Giannandrea's tenure, A.I. research became increasingly important inside Google, with its primary A.I. lab, Google Brain, moving into a space beside the chief executive, Sundar Pichai.
He joined Google in 2010 when it purchased Metaweb, a start-up where he served as chief technology officer. Metaweb was building what it described as a "database of the world's knowledge," which Google eventually rolled into its search engine to deliver direct answers to users' queries. (Try googling "How old is Steph Curry?") During Mr. Giannandrea's tenure, A.I. research became increasingly important inside Google, with its primary A.I. lab, Google Brain, moving into a space beside the chief executive, Sundar Pichai.
Bricked my phone (Score:1)
Apple's last update bricked my son's phone with an Error 9.
Geniuses at the Apple Store repeated everything I did, gave up and tried sell me a new one.
I told him I already replaced it with an Android.
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Daaaaaaaaamn! You showed him! Did he cry? I be he cried. Those Apple "Geniuses", right bro? HaHA!!
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Not sure what is creepier. The fact that you remembered that thread, or the fact you went back and looked it up just so you could make an ass of yourself.
Either way, you need some professional help.
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apple probably throttled his old son so he had no choice but to upgrade.
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Dudes....are you all ESL students?
Now Apple just needs a Google of data (Score:2)
That's great for Apple that they hired an expert on machine learning.
Now all they need are google sized volumes of data to train their learning algorithms! So-called deep learning is very data hungry. If Apple wants to train their algorithms about the behavior of people, they will need to start saving a TON of data about Apple customers. Could this be the beginning of the end of Apple's excellent privacy policies?
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They even questioned me on my address being different, as if I should have updated my drivers license after buying a house. That is the kind of misinformation that is incredibly commonly spread to game the system and only the tip of the iceberg.
Caveat 'Emptor'!
In the UK it is an offence, albeit a minor one that will most probably result in only a caution, to fail to inform the DVLA (Driver & Vehicle Licensing Authority) of a change of address.
However, based on the rest of your post, I'm going to hazard a guess that you live in the US. It's not clear which state, but, despite what I thought I'd originally found, it turns out it doesn't matter [hg.org]: "every state requires you to update your address after any move, typically within thirty days ... fai
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Next google staff meeting goes like... (Score:1)
Misread the title (Score:2)
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Likely all those guys are under non competes/non disclosure agreements.
Non-compete agreements are unenforceable in California.
Apple .v. Google trap... (Score:2)
Same old BS as Apple .v. MS of yesteryear
SteveJobs unwound win-lose reductionists, the Google must lose for Apple to win, by simply pointing such belief is a simple error in thinking - a trap.
Siri sucks, Google sucks, Alexa sucks, Cortana sucks and along the way one of them or a new entrant will counter suck. One is culturally programmed to " just work" and has always maintained its counter-culture roots. Apple abstracts some AI insight from this hire into its DNA it will improve everything going forward
Inspiration (Score:1)