Apple says sorry for listening to users’ private Siri chats
The tech giant says fewer than 0.2% of Siri commands were analysed
28 August 2019 - 20:55
San Francisco — Apple apologised for privacy mishaps surrounding its Siri voice assistant and said that it would no longer retain audio recordings of Siri interactions, among other changes.
The announcement follows criticism of the iPhone maker and other technology giants for employing humans to listen to recordings of user interactions with voice assistants in a bid to improve the product...
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