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Kennedy: What’s making Siri surly?

Staff photo / Mark Kennedy
Staff photo / Mark Kennedy Staff photo / Mark Kennedy

Siri, the personal assistant on my iPhone, suddenly sounds sad.

I don’t know what happened. Her responses, which used to be chipper, have recently gone flat. It’s almost as if Siri is having a midlife crisis or succumbing to mood swings.

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I asked Siri the other night to set my alarm for 6 a.m.

She said, “OK,” but she seemed disinterested.