Adam Cheyer is an AI pioneer and the creator of Siri, Apple’s AI assistant, and Samsung’s Bixby. He has over 30 years of experience in technology and has co-founded five successful startups, four of which were acquired for their innovative AI technology. These include Siri, which he developed while working with Steve Jobs, Viv Labs, Sentient, and Gameplanner.AI, the latter being Airbnb's first acquisition as a public company. Adam also co-founded Change.org, the largest petition platform globally, enabling over 500 million people to effect change in their communities.
Currently, Adam serves as VP of AI Experience at Airbnb, focusing on transforming the platform into an intuitive travel concierge using generative AI. He advises several companies, including Project Voice Capital Partners and Otter.ai. Previously, he held roles as VP Engineering at Verticalnet and Dejima, and spent over a decade at SRI International, where he was Chief Architect of CALO/PAL, the largest AI project funded by the US government.
Adam has authored over 60 publications and holds 39 patents in artificial intelligence, human-computer interfaces, and machine learning. In addition to his technology work, he is an award-winning magician, performing for heads of state and on television, including an appearance on Penn & Teller Fool Us. He graduated with the highest honours from Brandeis University and received the Outstanding Masters Student award from UCLA School of Engineering.
How will businesses in the UK handle the conversational AI revolution? Generative AI programs like ChatGPT have the potential to be as disruptive as the Internet itself. In this engaging talk by Adam Cheyer, the creator of the virtual assistant Siri, he will explore the impact of conversational AI programs on businesses. Audiences will gain insights into the capabilities and limitations of conversational AI, as well as strategies for staying ahead of the curve.
Adam Cheyer shares the birth of Siri, from idea, to inception, to Apple’s acquisition and implementation of it into the iPhone in 2010. Siri’s story is a fascinating one that not many people know about. For example, did you know that Adam first built a Siri-like system in 1993 before the world wide web was even launched? But it wasn’t until Apple’s release of the iPhone 18 years later in 2007 that Adam knew it was the right time to take Siri from a hobby to the world.
Adam Cheyer discusses the lessons he learned while building each of his five startups and how he took them from idea to execution. He talks through vital questions in building a startup, such as: how to know when it’s the right time to take an idea from hobby to startup; how to choose the right environment to work; how to pick the right goals that will lead to success; and, how to visualize what success means to you.
In this talk Adam Cheyer discusses the implications of AI interface agents, and their integration into industries such as, financial trading, healthcare, marketing, and customer service, including smart homes and smart cars. This talk also touches on Adam’s newest AI agent, Viv (what many are calling the next Siri). In the future, we will see Viv, Siri, and other AI agents integrated more seamlessly into businesses and, in particular, into our daily lives.
The last five years have seen breakthroughs in AI at an unprecedented rate. Voice commands can now be used to perform actions and retrieve information using a conversational tone across a multiple of devices. Self-driving cars are a reality for commuters on the highway. With continuous and accelerating improvements in AI, this talk will address new ways of thinking about AI and ways to prepare your business for the continuing AI revolution.
