Apple buys AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’

It remains Apple’s largest acquisition ever Buying Beats for $3 billion in 2014but now the second biggest deal is being brought Question and answera four-year-old AI startup. Apple did not disclose the terms, however Financial Times Apple is reportedly spending $2 billion on the company. He also mentioned Question and answer patents for Optical sensor Technology that could be integrated into headphones or glasses to recognize “micro-movements of facial skin,” allowing for non-verbal discussions with an AI assistant, for example.

Founders Question and answer He will join Apple, including CEO Aviad Maizels, who founded PrimeSense. apple He bought that company in 2013 And it repurposed its Xbox Kinect technology Turn on your iPhone’s FaceID setting. This time, the technology that understands whispered speech can connect to AI-enhanced Siri or other Apple Intelligence features, and work with future AirPods, Vision Pro, iPhone, or Mac devices.

In a statement submitted to ReutersApple Devices CEO Johnny Srouji described Q.ai as “an amazing company pioneering new and innovative ways to use photography and machine learning.” Google Ventures backed the startup and Managing Partner Tom Holm he wrote in a blog post About how this can help us figure out “what happens when the computer finally ‘disappears’ from our daily lives.”