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6 facts from 5 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2025
A co-host said that in January 2025 Apple agreed to a $95 million settlement in the class action Lopez v. Apple, which alleged Siri eavesdropped on private conversations and shared data with advertisers.
“Apple agreed to a ninety-five, 95 million dollar settlement. The case was Lopez versus Apple, to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that Siri eavesdropped on private conversations”
Undated
Brad Stone says GM Voices, a studio in Atlanta, produced the Siri voice and likely also produced Alexa's.
“There's one in Atlanta that produces Siri called GM Voices.”
Undated
Josh Weiner expects people to use a few agents from major consumer platforms and operating systems, with CVS agents integrating into them.
“I expect that Sam, you'll have a couple agents, predominantly, maybe from some of the major consumer platforms and operating systems you work with today.”
Undated
Sherif Mansour says Apple is encouraging app developers to build app intents, which let AI such as Siri use an app's functions as tools, rather than focusing only on user interfaces.
“Apple's got a big push right now with their app vendors of like, hey, spend time focusing on building app intents over UIs.”
Undated
At Apple, users followed Siri's voice onto dirt roads when Apple Maps data was wrong, showing Siri and Maps sharing one voice led to excess trust.
“Siri told me to go there, and that's when we realized the Siri voice and Apple voice being the same voice was actually a problem”
Undated
Siri's founders noticed Khosla's open source contributions and invited him to interview, leading to roughly ten years working on Siri.
“I was contributing some open source code. The founders of Siri saw my code, they invited me to apply for an interview.”
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