Here’s a little bit of positivity on Apple’s race to catch up to the competition in artificial intelligence.According to a new report from , Apple is testing its own chatbot internally and has made significant progress in catching up with ChatGPT in the last six months.The report explains that Apple’s AI chief John Giannandrea was initially reluctant to turn Siri into a ChatGPT-like chatbot, as he doubted the actual value of such tools.
Despite those reservations, however, Apple executives are now “pushing to turn Siri into a true ChatGPT competitor.And while it may come as a surprise, it sounds like Apple is seeing early success in this effort, at least internally.Apple executives reportedly believe that the current version of the internal chatbot is “on par with recent versions of ChatGPT.” From the report: The question, of course, is whether Apple can keep up the pace.
It has not shipped a version of Siri powered by LLMs or adopted any sort of chatbot-style features powered by its own models.The risk is that Apple continues to fall further behind as its competitors continue to ship new models and features to their respective chatbot platforms.Apple is reportedly not planning to announce any major updates for Siri at WWDC next month.
At the earliest, Apple’s “LLM Siri” platform is expected to debut later in the iOS 19 cycle.You can read the full report from Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett on website.My favorite iPhone accessories: Anker Power Bank with built-in USB-C Cable Charge your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods at the same time Bring wireless CarPlay to any car Anker MagSafe Power Bank Follow Chance: Threads, Bluesky, Instagram, and Mastodon. You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day.
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