artificial intelligence

Super Bowl Predictions: How EA Uses Madden to Guess the Final Score

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 30 at 10:53 am PT

Electronic Arts is using artificial intelligence and real-life data to predict that the New York Giants will defeat the New England Patriots by a field goal on Sunday.

Year of the Talking Phone and a Cloud That Got Hot

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on December 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm PT

Important new products and services—including Ultrabooks, cloud computing and Android devices—raised questions and anticipation for the year ahead.

Laryngitis Aside, Why Siri Is a Voice to Be Reckoned With

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Siri may still be working to find her voice, but Apple’s young assistant shows a ton of promise.

Sell Me an iPhone, Siri

John Paczkowski in Mobile on November 2, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Siri is proving to be quite the driver of iPhone 4S sales.

The iPhone Finds Its Voice

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 11, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT

The iPhone 4S is one of Apple’s less dramatic updates, but, when combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an attractive new offering to smartphone users, writes Walt.

Apple’s Siri: Game-Changer, Not Gimmick

John Paczkowski in Mobile on October 10, 2011 at 3:10 am PT

Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?

Siri: The Full D7 Demo

Kara Swisher in News on July 9, 2009 at 1:30 am PT

Siri is a virtual personal assistant for your Apple iPhone or computer, originated at the Stanford Research Institute and spun out as an artificial intelligence project financed by DARPA. In its demo for Walt Mossberg and me at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, Siri tried to show how it was an alternative to search.

Siri: The Full D7 Demo

Kara Swisher in D7 on July 9, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

Siri is a virtual personal assistant for your Apple iPhone or computer, originated at the Stanford Research Institute and spun out as an artificial intelligence project financed by DARPA. In its demo for Walt Mossberg and me at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, Siri tried to show how it was an alternative to search.

D7 Video Highlights: CEO Dag Kittlaus of Siri

Beth Callaghan in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 12:10 pm PT

Siri is an alternative to search that converses with the user, processing requests, answering questions and learning from each interaction like a cross between semantic search and artificial intelligence. CEO Dag Kittlaus demonstrates the app to Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher on Day 3 of D7. Kara’s verdict? “I like.”