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… I can help you learn about the world.’ But if you try to engage Siri as a romantic partner, Siri’s not up for that. Siri’s 100 percent not into that.” The interview, which included marketing chief Greg Joswiak, covers a variety of topics, including privacy and Apple’s new child safety protections.
… Image: This is what the Siri AI popover looks like when enabled, but there’s no guarantee it’ll make it to the final macOS 27 Golden Gate release this fall. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/siri-popover-macos-27%402x-scaled-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all
… If an app adds entities to Siri AI, Siri knows exactly what type of data it can pull from that app to use for your personal context. Conversely, an intent tells Siri what it can actually do with that data, like play, save, or delete. …
… New Siri is built on Gemini models, so it makes a lot of sense that the first iteration of Siri AI feels a little bit “Gemini, circa 2025.” Siri AI has its own flavor, though. …
… Link: Apple’s Tim Cook holds ‘constructive’ talks with EU tech chief over ‘Siri AI’ | https://www.ft.com/content/807d25c3-f4ac-4402-b815-3aa91018237d | FT
… Apple’s WWDC keynote showed someone using Ask Siri in Spotlight to analyze data in local files. So I tried selecting batches of those screenshots in Finder and asking Siri to calculate the average scores for me. …
… What we don’t want is the user having this experience where they ask Siri in one place, and they get a different answer if they ask in another,” says David Clark, Apple’s senior director of software engineering for watchOS. “By having the watch tightly connected with the phone, having that personal… …
… Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between “sort of useful at a few things” and “utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer.” But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of Siri, and it actually seems to be pretty good. …
… As a reminder, we met the new Siri in 2024 when Apple “launched” Apple Intelligence. Siri came with a new glowing border, different voice options, and the ability to punt questions to ChatGPT. The whole “Intelligence” bit of the Siri redesign was coming soon, Apple promised. …
… Out of curiosity, I spent a few minutes comparing responses between the default personalities for Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Siri AI. Though I should note that you can’t change Siri’s personality. …