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January 19 2020
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The acquisition of Xnor.ai reveals the upcoming Apple devices

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The acquisition of Xnor.ai reveals the upcoming Apple devices
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Gianluca Ricciodi Gianluca Riccio
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What news for the next Apple devices after the acquisition of Xnor.ai? A Super Siri in sight and the world record for data processing.

The latest rumors speak of 200 million dollars spent by the Apple to acquire Xnor.ai, a Seattle-based frontier artificial intelligence company.

The purchase of Xnor.ai is one of many for the Cupertino house, usually very skilled in the choice of technology startups, and gives us an insight into the company's thinking on the next Apple devices.

Xnor.ai's work on artificial intelligence is hyper-efficient and low-powered. It doesn't require powerful processing or a connection to the cloud (processing happens locally on the device) and fits perfectly into some areas that Apple is currently working on.

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How will Xnor.ai's knowledge integrate into Apple's work?

Apple usually never gives the media why it acquires certain companies, nor does it reveal how it intends to its future roadmap. However, we can speculate on how Xnor.ai's work will fit into the overall plan.

Super Siri

The performance improvements resulting from handling tasks such as natural language processing (Siri) or facial recognition are interesting. Accelerating (even by a few milliseconds) the decisions made by a driver, for example, has obvious benefits.

What looks really promising in the "Super Siri" that will inhabit the next Apple devices are the implications of AI on privacy.

An AI that works even offline can remain efficient even without some sensitive data

Siri had lagged behind Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, with this acquisition Apple may be aiming for a completely different goal: to give users complete control over highly personal data.

The huge amount of information needed to “feed” a service like Assistant also implies the provision of that information. If you take a look at the “Web & App Activity” tracking setting on your Android phone, you'll notice that Google essentially tracks and stores almost everything you do on your phone or voice assistant.

The data you transmit “train” and improve assistants, to the point that without a connection these products become little more than stupid, sometimes only good as bluetooth speakers.

Someone doesn't like this level of intimacy. Indeed, among the sensitive health data exploited by Google and conversations transcribed from Facebook, the scandals make it clear that nobody likes this violation.

For this Apple, which even refuses governments (at least officially) to disclose the data of its customers, is trying to capitalize on this thing on the next devices.

Upcoming Apple devices after the acquisition of Xnor.ai
Apple Homepod (left) struggles against rivals Google and Amazon, with only 5% of the market. Will the new acquisition of Xnor.ai reverse power relationships?

On the subject of privacy, the next Apple devices will go in a different direction than their competitors

In short, on the one hand Google which opens new horizons by building Duplex, an artificial intelligence that can book restaurant tables on your behalf by calling and speaking like a real human being, or Facebook's huge investment in the artificial intelligence of its Portal systems. . Both companies improve products thanks to us, and therefore are greedy for our data, even the most sensitive ones.

Xnor.ai
A graphical reconstruction of what the next Apple Homepod device could look like after the acquisition of Xnor.ai

On the other side is Apple, which looks a long way from building services like Google Duplex, but keeps your information safe on the device. The same goes for facial recognition data built into Apple's upcoming security devices. And for any other AI processing that would typically require data to be sent, stored, analyzed, and used for any purpose.

Both Google and Facebook are announcing improvements to the privacy of their products, but it is clear that Apple is following a different path.

If data privacy concerns become a key factor in purchasing decisions, upcoming Apple devices with acquisitions like Xnor.ai will likely be in the best position to satisfy the market.

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Gianluca Riccio, copywriter and journalist - Born in 1975, he is the creative director of an advertising agency, he is affiliated with the Italian Institute for the Future, World Future Society and H +, Network of Italian Transhumanists.

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