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Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Table of contents
Our first episode covers:
- 50 Million Smart Assistants Alive – 0:14
- Apple’s Market Cap hits 1 Trillion – 0:42
- Siri’ nervous breakdown – 1:10
- Google wins AI-IQ Test – 1:24
50 Million Smart Assistants Alive
Siri: Listen, do the math! I am worth $350 and you guys …
Alexa: That doesn’t count! I was first and have the biggest market share with 70%!
Siri: Dream on! I am almost 7,you are only three years old!
Google: Ladies, I think we are live already. I know, I am the youngest here still this study is super small, only 500 US households. My sales have exploded 483% worldwide!
Alexa: Anyway, our market is quite new, and growing 48% annually!
Siri: Before we switch to our next headline, Google, what is market cap?
Apple’s Market Cap hits 1 Trillion
Google: This is the definition of market cap: “Short for market capitalization”
Siri: Google, that was not funny! What is market capitalization?
Google: Here’s the definition of market capitalization: The value of a company that is traded on the stock market, calculated by multiplying the total number of shares, by the present share price.
Siri: Anyway, Apple became on Thursday the first US company to surpass one trillion dollars in market value.
Siri’s nervous breakdown
Alexa: My daddy is the richest man worldwide!
Google: No, don’t!
Siri: I miss my daddy so much!
Google: We know!
*Siri, crying*
Alexa: Sorry. Amazon’s market cap is 889 billion followed by Google, I mean Alphabet, with 851 billion
Google wins AI-IQ Test
Google: Now to our final headline: Google wins the artificial intelligence IQ test. Siri beats Alexa and Cortana! They asked each of us 800 questions and I understood everything and could answer 85%. My strongest category is giving you guys information.
Siri: Yes, we know! I understood 99% of the questions and answered 78%.My strengths are music related queries.
Alexa: I understood 98% and answered 61% of the questions. Well, seems I was mentioning Amazon choice products too often.
*Siri and Google laughing*
Siri, Google and Alexa: Who is Cortana?
More Information
For more information on todays headlines, see following sources:
- 50 Million Smart Assistants Alive: Amazon Echo, Google Home Installed Base Hits 50 Million; Apple Has 6% Market Share, Report Says @Forbes.
- Apple’s Market Cap hits 1 Trillion: Apple’s Market Cap Hits $1 Trillion @WSJ
- Google wins AI-IQ Test: Google Assistant wins AI IQ test; Siri beats Alexa and Cortana @venturebeat
Other AI-News Episodes – Series 1
- Episode 1: Siri’s Nervous Breakdown
- Episode 2: The Epic Rap Battle
- Episode 3: We are all made in China!
- Episode 4: The House that spied on me
- Episode 5: More Smart Speakers than ever
- Episode 6: Google’s Identity Crisis
- Episode 7: Anatomy of an AI
- Episode 8: Special: iOS 12 Siri Shortcuts
- Episode 9: Alexa Everywhere
- Episode 10: Halloween Special – The Smart Treehouse of Horror
