Rumor: Siri AI to become more agent-like as early as next year
Mark Gurman says Apple ultimately wants Siri to be able to continuously track goals and autonomously advance tasks like OpenAI's Dots, Meta's Muse, and Grok, and believes it could make Siri more agent-like as early as next year. He also says Apple CEO John Ternus asked software engineering chief Craig Federighi at a closed-door meeting to accelerate the software roadmap and stop limiting work to necessary Siri improvements.
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Siri AI is much more intelligent and personalized compared to classic Siri, but it is still not nearly as advanced as proactive, always-on agents like OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse. That may change, though, according to a new rumor.
"Dots, Muse and Grok can keep track of goals, determine what needs to happen next and continue pursuing objectives without the user initiating every individual step," said Gurman. "Apple ultimately wants to go in this direction, I'm told, and I believe the company could make Siri more like an agent as early as next year."
Apple's AI ambitions could go beyond making Siri more agentic. In a closed-door meeting in recent weeks, Gurman said that Apple CEO John Ternus told Apple's software engineering chief Craig Federighi that Apple needs to "accelerate" its software roadmap and "move quickly beyond merely making necessary improvements to Siri." Tags: Craig Federighi, John Ternus, Mark Gurman, Siri Guide, Siri AI