Apple Wants To Boost Siri's Conversational Skills To Challenge ChatGPT And Gemini

Apple’s AI efforts are currently being propped up by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, but the company is making strides on a more capable version of Siri according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Internally, the project is currently being called “LLM Siri,” and it’s intended to compete with ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini Live.

The goal is to allow users to interact with Siri in a conversational manner, and for the assistant to be able to handle more complex queries and requests. It’s a big step up from Siri’s current functionality, where its found itself relegated to a more basic role. With most users only asking simple question like “what’s the weather outside” or using it for home automation tasks.

However, because Apple is so far behind other companies with its AI efforts, users won’t be seeing this new and improved Siri any time soon. The ...