During its WWDC keynote event, Apple introduced the world to Anki, a company that is pioneering consumer products based on the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics.
(Credit: Screen shot by CNET)
When Apple turns over part of its oh-so-important Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address to an unknown startup, you can be sure Tim Cook and Co. think they’re dealing with some very cool technology.
That was very much the case with Anki, which was handpicked for a coveted slot as the poster child for what unknown developers can do with iOS. During its time onstage, Anki showed off what at first appears to be a simple toy car racing game, but what in reality might be the most advanced intersection of consumer-grade artificial intelligence and robotics ever.
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In an interview in San Francisco a few hours after the keynote address, Anki co-founder and CEO Boris Sofman told CNET that Anki — the company’s name comes from the Japanese word for learning by heart — is in the business of bringing AI and robotics, a combination that has long been the exclusive province of the defense industry, to consumers.
Apple clearly loved what Anki is doing with iOS: Users who buy the approximately $200 product starting this fall… [Read more]
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