Macworld Podcast: Apple AI and Siri progress report
This week, we introduce a brand-new version of the Macworld Podcast. Our main topic of discussion is an update to Apple’s work in AI and Siri. Plus, the worst thing that happened this week, what…
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Report outlines how Siri is holding up Apple’s entire product launch strategy
Apple’s Siri voice assistant is something of a punching bag in the tech industry, with numerous articles pointing out its inaccuracy and lack of cutting-edge features. (Even Apple itself has internally acknowledged that delays to…
Apple India job posts suggest AI search is coming to Siri, Safari, and Spotlight
Apple published two job openings on LinkedIn and on its job search portal last week. In them, the Bangalore, India, location is looking for two engineers for its machine learning/artificial intelligence team. The two adverts…
Apple may give Siri a brain transplant with the help of Claude or ChatGPT
While we’re still waiting for some of the Apple Intelligence Siri features promised next year, a big new report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg says that Apple is talking with Anthropic and OpenAI about replacing…
I unlocked Apple’s hidden Siri chatbot in iOS 26 with surprising–and hilarious–results
Apple is reportedly giving Siri a Large Language Model (LLM) upgrade in a year or two. The boost is expected to make the iPhone’s virtual assistant more conversational and equip it with a broader range…
There ain’t no AI Siri and there never was
Ladies, gentlemen, and those who identify otherwise, start your outrage engines because we may be on the cusp of a new Apple-gate! This is very exciting. We haven’t had one of these in quite some…
Sorry Siri fans, don’t expect those delayed Apple Intelligence features until 2026
At WWDC last summer, Apple showed off some advanced Siri features as part of Apple Intelligence that were supposed to come in an update to iOS 18 this spring. Apple even ran TV ads promoting…
Could Apple break with the past by renaming Siri at WWDC today?
With just hours to go until Apple’s executives hit the virtual stage for the WWDC 2025 keynote, last-minute leaks and rumors are flying. And the latest is especially tasty: it claims that Siri is about…
Apple could make up for its Siri disaster with this small iCloud change at WWDC
The iPhone 16 is selling well. Very well, in fact: it was the best-selling smartphone in the first quarter of 2025. But the device has created plenty of problems for Apple because of what it…
Forget Philips Hue, this is the $15 Siri light bulb I can’t live without
When you hear the term Siri smart home, you probably think of advanced gadgets and appliances that cost thousands of dollars and require tons of setup. It doesn’t have to be that way—my favorite Apple…