Apple enhances Siri but still trails in artificial intelligence race

As a startup, Siri worked with a variety of popular apps, but Apple cut off third-party access to the service shortly after the acquisition. (Source: AP) Apple unveiled a series of improvements to its Siri digital assistant on Thursday, but the tech giant still trails rivals such as Google and Amazon in the red-hot field of artificial intelligence, experts say.
Apple’s biggest move was to open up the talking iPhone assistant to third-party developers for inclusion in their apps, paving th