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Apple ships test of redesigned Siri AI before iPhone 18 hits stores this week
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Apple on Monday released a new version of the iPhone software called iOS 27, which includes the company's redesigned Siri AI personal assistant, before the latest iPhones hit store shelves this week.
Key facts
- It's personal intelligence that's personal," Apple CEO John Ternus said at the company's iPhone launch event last week, his first since succeeding Tim Cook at the helm on Sept. 1
- However, for more complicated Siri AI queries, Apple has what's called Private Cloud Compute that uses Google Cloud infrastructure with Nvidia and Intel chips
- Apple on Monday released a new version of the iPhone software called iOS 27, which includes the company's redesigned Siri AI personal assistant, before the latest iPhones hit store shelves this week
- Apple is positioning the forthcoming iPhone 18 models as ideal for artificial intelligence because of their speedy chips and the personal data such as calendars and texts that are stored on them
Summary
The new Siri AI is in beta, Apple said, and users have to opt in through the settings app, though they may have to add their names to the waitlist before getting access. Apple is positioning the forthcoming iPhone 18 models as ideal for artificial intelligence because of their speedy chips and the personal data such as calendars and texts that are stored on them. "It's personal intelligence that's personal," Apple CEO John Ternus said at the company's iPhone launch event last week, his first since succeeding Tim Cook at the helm on Sept. 1. Compared to frontier AI from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, Apple uses smaller models it develops that can often run on the chips in its phones and laptops.