Here’s how Apple plans to protect privacy and still compete on AI - Recode

Check this Wikipedia article for a differential privacy overview; also see Apple’s ‘Differential Privacy’ Is About Collecting Your Data—But Not ​Your Data (Wired)

"A theory has taken hold in tech: Apple’s devotion to privacy will handicap it during the next major wave of computing, where artificial intelligence like voice interaction, personal assistants and automation take center stage.

This morning Apple gave its response: It won’t handicap us, because we can do both.

Apple’s answer? A concept called "differential privacy" — an en vogue statistical method designed to reap useful intel from big piles of data while protecting personally identifying information therein."

Here’s how Apple plans to protect privacy and still compete on AI - Recode