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Anthony Cuthbertson

Apple buys secretive AI startup that allows non-verbal communication with chatbots

Apple Beats Google QAI Cupertino OpenAI Tesla Inc. TikTok

Apple acquired the Israeli startup Q.ai in an effort to boost its artificial intelligence offerings - (Getty Images)

Apple has acquired an artificial intelligence startup that creates technology to silently communicate with AI chatbots through facial expressions.

The $2billion deal to buy Tel Aviv-based Q.ai is the second biggest acquisition in Apple’s history, with only the $3 billion takeover of Beats in 2014 being larger.

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