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SMARTER ASSISTANT

Every smart assistant, like every computer platform, is different — your Mac is not the same as someone else’s Windows PC or Linux box. Although they share a vast amount in terms of concept and design, while they might use some of the same components or even (technically) some of the same underlying code, they’re distinct. They’re powered by very different engines, they have different levels of knowledge available to them, and they have different hardware makeup and methods of connectivity. But one thing does tie Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and minor assistants like Bixby and Cortana together: they can all be as dumb as a rock when they feel like it!

SAY WHAT?

Whichever platform you’ve staked your claim on, whether it’s Siri or not, there are things you can do to improve both your AI assistant’s ability to

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