To Win The AI Assistant Wars, Apple Is Melding Siri With Its Other Services

August 18, 2017 Good morning! Apple's Siri assistant has been slowly improving over the past few years and gradually learning to do new things. But with the surprise success of Amazon's Echo device, voice-based digital assistants have become more important than ever. So Apple is pushing Siri into more and more of its services in the hopes that it will become, for iPhone owners at least, a more broadly useful assistant than competing ones. [We explore some new Siri tricks coming out soon, and look at where the assistant may be headed in the future](. —[Mark Sullivan]( [To Win The AI Assistant Wars, Apple Is Melding Siri With Its Other Services]( [To Win The AI Assistant Wars, Apple Is Melding Siri With Its Other Services](Competing with Alexa and Google’s Assistant isn’t easy, but Apple is moving to broaden Siri’s reach and expand its knowledge about you.     [This Pizzeria Makes Blue Corn Pizza And Gives Homeless Youth A Second Chance]( [This Pizzeria Makes Blue Corn Pizza And Gives Homeless Youth A Second Chance](Buy a slice from Pixza in Mexico City, and another is sent to a youth in a shelter–along with an opportunity to participate in a life-skills course that ends in a job at the shop.     [Say These Things To Nail Your Next Salary Negotiation]( [Say These Things To Nail Your Next Salary Negotiation](Words are subjective, but these ones can help you be more persuasive.     [Could The Tech Purge Of Hate Sites Backfire And Actually Harden The Views Of Extremists?]( [Could The Tech Purge Of Hate Sites Backfire And Actually Harden The Views Of Extremists?](The crackdown helps make hate speech less visible online, but it also serves to further ostracize extremists and could harden their convictions, say former extremists turned peacemakers.     [This Is How I Managed To Finally Squeeze Meditation Into My Busy, Distracted Life]( [This Is How I Managed To Finally Squeeze Meditation Into My Busy, Distracted Life](Research shows that practicing mindfulness has tons of advantages for mental and physical health, but I could never find the time. Until now.     [How Fader Magazine And Its Creative Agency Are “Bucking Traditions” To Shape Culture]( [How Fader Magazine And Its Creative Agency Are “Bucking Traditions” To Shape Culture](Fader and Cornerstone were early pioneers of the magazine/agency model, but continue to evolve with new talent and a laser focus on creating culture.     [Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince Explains Why It Was So Hard To Dump The Daily Stormer]( [Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince Explains Why It Was So Hard To Dump The Daily Stormer](The security company’s cofounder and CEO says that his decision doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s taking a more activist stance about hate sites.     [Five Times This Extremely Common Word Can Hold You Back At Work]( [Five Times This Extremely Common Word Can Hold You Back At Work](First-person pronouns like “I,” “me,” and “my,” are unavoidable, but they can land you in hot water if you don’t know how to use them.     [Box is Getting Smarter Thanks To Google Cloud Vision]( [Box is Getting Smarter Thanks To Google Cloud Vision](Today the cloud storage company announced that it’s bringing image recognition capabilities to the platform, making it much easier to search for photos and videos.     [Toyota Shames Teen Drivers, Ikea Goes “Game Of Thrones”: Top 5 Ads Of The Week]( [Toyota Shames Teen Drivers, Ikea Goes “Game Of Thrones”: Top 5 Ads Of The Week](Maternity wear for 12-year-olds, The Incredible Carsaleshulk, and OtterBox overprotects Peyton Manning.     Share This Newsletter [Share]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe [here!]( Too many emails? Change your subscription preferences [here](. You're receiving this email because you opted in on our website. [Update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from all Fast Company emails. Mansueto Ventures, 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007-2195