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Siri AI's voicemail access could help combat spam calls

Joanna Stern of The Verge was impressed with early demonstrations of Siri AI, particularly its ability to access voicemail and use that information for contextual suggestions. The author suggests that if Siri AI can access voicemail for personal context, it should also be able to automatically delete spam calls. This capability, along with similar potential features for Google's Gemini on Android, could significantly reduce unwanted calls, emails, and texts. AI

IMPACT Siri AI's potential to leverage voicemail for contextual awareness could lead to improved spam filtering, impacting user experience and trust in AI assistants.

RANK_REASON This item is a commentary on potential features of Siri AI based on early impressions and does not represent a direct release or announcement.

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Siri AI's voicemail access could help combat spam calls

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