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Title: Apple apologizes for Siri grading program and will resume it this fall after changes Post by: HCK on August 31, 2019, 04:05:13 pm Apple apologizes for Siri grading program and will resume it this fall after changes
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Nearly a month ago, a report in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/apple-contractors-regularly-hear-confidential-details-on-siri-recordings" rel="nofollow">The Guardian[/url] exposed the fact that third-party contractors have been listening in on a small percentage of Siri requests as part of a “Siri grading” program. Apple promised to halt the Siri grading program (https://www.macworld.com/article/3429581/apple-halts-siri-grading-program-promises-opt-out-in-upcoming-software-update.html) while it conducts a “thorough review,” which left us wondering how the company would move forward (https://www.macworld.com/article/3429817/so-apples-going-to-stop-listening-in-on-your-siri-requests-now-what.html), as human grading of any machine-learning process is an essential part of training the algorithms to improve them.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3434778/apple-apologizes-for-siri-grading-program-and-will-resume-it-this-fall-after-changes.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple apologizes for Siri grading program and will resume it this fall after changes (https://www.macworld.com/article/3434778/apple-apologizes-for-siri-grading-program-and-will-resume-it-this-fall-after-changes.html#tk.rss_all) |