Apple is quietly ramping up its artificial intelligence efforts with a hiring push for a new internal group called the Answers, Knowledge, and Information (AKI) team. Formed earlier this year, the team is working on building what’s being described as an “answer engine”, a system designed to give more helpful, context-aware responses to user queries, much like ChatGPT.
The class=”backlink” target=”_blank” href=”https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/apples-upcoming-ai-chatbot-could-be-its-big-answer-to-chatgpt-and-google-11754273058303.html” data-vars-page-type=”story” data-vars-link-type=”Manual” data-vars-anchor-text=”AKI team”>AKI team sits at the centre of Apple’s renewed focus on AI across its ecosystem, especially within Siri, Safari, and Spotlight. It is led by Robby Walker, a senior director…

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