Editing Introduction of Voice Assistants (section)

=== The advent of Siri ===
In October 2011, Apple Inc. introduced [https://www.apple.com/siri/ Siri]<ref>iPhone 4S launched by Apple, Charles Arthur, Juliette Garside and Josh Halliday, Tue 4 Oct 2011 20.58 BST. ''The Guardian'' (online).</ref> alongside the iPhone 4S<sup>[[Introduction of Voice Assistants#Notes|3]]</sup>, marking the emergence of what we now recognize as a voice assistant. Siri was a groundbreaking development, utilising advanced Machine Learning technology and Natural Language Processing, first developed as a research project at Stanford University's Center for Computation and Natural Language in 2003<ref>The history of Siri and its impact on today's technology. Victor Sanchez. Mar 17, 2023. ''RoutineHub Blog''.</ref>. Upon its release, Siri generated excitement and apprehension from the public<ref>Apple introduces Siri, Web freaks out, Doug Gross, published 6:19 PM EDT, Tue October 4, 2011. ''CNN.''</ref>, akin to the reception of LLM-based bots today. As the first natively implemented voice "personal assistant" in a phone, Siri was initially regarded as a source of amusement, but it has since become one of the most commonly used virtual assistants<ref>Siri Remains The Most Used Mobile Voice Assistant by Patrick Wagner, Jun 29, 2018. US data. ''Statista.com''</ref>.