Apple accelerates Siri development to compete with AI agents
The Verge: Apple is racing to make Siri more agentic
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says CEO John Ternus is pressuring AI czar Craig Federighi to accelerate the Siri roadmap and deliver a powerful AI agent that can compete with OpenAI's Dots or Meta's Muse. While Federighi has delivered a functional version of Siri AI on an incredibly short timeline, the company has no illusions that it's keeping pace with its rivals. Two significant improvements are expected to be made to Siri in the coming months. One will give the assistant fine-grai
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Apple is working to make Siri more capable by giving it control over both its own apps and third-party applications, allowing it to perform complex tasks like editing photos or making restaurant reservations. The company's leadership is pushing to accelerate this development to compete with rival AI agents that can track goals and complete multi-step tasks without user intervention for each individual step. Near-term improvements expected in the coming months will add fine-grained control over Apple's first-party apps, while integration with third-party apps is anticipated to arrive later in the spring. Apple ultimately aims to make Siri function as an ongoing agent capable of pursuing objectives autonomously rather than only responding to one-off requests.
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