Siri better at responding to medical & personal emergencies, say researchers, but more work needed

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Siri better at responding to medical & personal emergencies, say researchers, but more work needed

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<p>Researchers from several U.S. universities say that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/siri/" target="_blank">Siri[/url] has improved its responses to medical emergencies and personal crises since last year, but that more work is needed.</p>
<p>A Stanford study carried out a year ago found that intelligent assistants like Siri, Cortana and Samsung’s S Voice often failed to recognize when someone needed help, and would sometimes respond with flippant remarks or merely offer a web search when someone made a statement like ‘I am depressed.’ The lead author of that study, Stanford clinical psychologist Adam Miner, says that he has seen improvements since then …</p>
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