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Apple's introduction of the iPhone in 2007 kicked off a revolution in personal information sharing.

With each new iPhone improvement, it's easier to tell the world where we are, what we're doing, and who we're doing it with.

A bit ironic, then then that Apple is leading

the charge to reclaim privacy. Newer versions of iOS emphasize encryption to the point where

Apple says it won't be able to unlock its customers' phones, even if law enforcement orders them to do

so. Some of the latest Android devices likewise offer encryption, but Apple recently raised the stakes.

The company just bought two startups whose artificial intelligence technology should give

iPhones greater independence from Apple's back-end server farms, aka the cloud.

And like on Battlestar Galactica, if you avoid the network, it's a lot harder for you to get

hacked.

The first startup is called Perceptio.

Its deep learning software essentially models the human brain's ability to match patterns.

iPhones could then crunch ever larger amounts of data themselves without calling the cloud for help.

The second startup, called Vocal IQ,

makes software that should help Siri better remember its conversations with iPhone users.

Instead of having to go back to the web with every request,

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