Apple buys “Silent Speech” AI startup for $2B, because talking is so 2025
Apple confirmed this week that it has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai in a deal valued at close to $2 billion, making it one of the company’s largest acquisitions ever, second only to the $3 billion purchase of Beats in 2014. But check your assumptions: this isn’t Beats 2.0. There’s no new headphone brand to flex. Instead, Apple is paying top dollar for tech that might let your devices understand you without you ever saying a word. These days we put our phones on silent so they won’t disturb us; soon the phone will put us on silent so it…This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Apple [...]
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