Apple hiring engineers to train Siri about sports

Apple hiring engineers to train Siri about sports

PanARMENIAN.Net - Apple has published four job postings that reveal the company’s intent to make its Siri personal digital assistant more capable when it comes to fielding queries about sports. Potentially, that could make Siri a more essential companion for resolving debates at the water cooler, VentureBeat reports.

The job postings, with the job title “Siri Software Engineer — Sports,” are identical. People chosen for the jobs will work at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.

“The Siri team is looking for someone with a combination of strong technical skills, a desire to build exceptional customer features and a deep love of sports,” Apple says in the job postings, which have gone live in the past two weeks. “We’re looking for the right person who can collaborate with other engineers in several technical areas to help build Siri’s knowledge of all things sports related. You should be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities, have a thirst for new technology and believe that managing your Fantasy Football team is as important as managing your 401(k).”

Artificial intelligence (AI) experience is a requirement for the job, the job postings say.

In the past year Apple has acquired artificial intelligence companies Emotient, Perceptio, and VocalIQ. Siri itself arrived at Apple as a result of the 2010 Siri acquisition.

Apple has gradually given Siri more sports proficiency since she became part of iOS in 2011. Starting in iOS 6, she could offer up standings, schedules, and player statistics. With the arrival of iOS 7, Siri could identify her favorite teams. And iOS 9 gave Siri the ability to provide scores, schedules, and websites in response to the mere mention of a team.

Looking beyond sports, Apple has previously published job openings for Siri software engineers in other categories, like music and HomeKit.

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