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Khosla: Siri Marks the Beginning of Evolution Toward Agentic Interfaces

Vinod Khosla · #79: The More or Less Holiday Special Pt. 1 (AI Highlights) · More or Less Podcast · Dec 27, 2024 · at 39:09

Vinod Khosla discusses Apple Intelligence and how AI operating system integrations will evolve into agentic interfaces for users.

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“And Siri is the beginning of what will evolve over time into agentic sort of interfaces for humans.”

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