Siri started as a DoD project

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

DARPA funded SRI in a project called CALO (Cognitive Agent that Learns and Organizes). SRI spun out the project into the company called Siri, which Apple later bought.

Dorky when we used it back then. Still kinda is now.

 

[nooaah]

This is my first, non-sarcastic "cool story, bro".

Do you have a link that references this info? I'd like to share this with my friends. Thanks!

 

[steveza]

http://www.sri.com/news/releases/020510.html

 

[grapes911]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1245339/