From PC Mag: Apple’s long-awaited Siri overhaul will reportedly include one major change: the option to integrate any third-party chatbot.
Since iOS 18.2, Apple users have been able to access ChatGPT via Siri, and there were reports that Gemini would be the next AI integration. However, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that in iOS 27, iPhone users will be able to connect any chatbot on their phone to Siri.
For example, if your preferred chatbot is Claude, you can send queries to Anthropic's AI via Siri. This sounds a lot like how you can select your preferred search engine on a browser. This flexibility, internally called Extensions, will also be available in a rumored standalone Siri app.
As Gurman notes, this integration is separate from the deal Apple signed with Google in January. That multi-year collaboration is less consumer-focused and means the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology.
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