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Apple Faces Delays in Siri Overhaul as EU Regulations Drive New Voice Assistant Options

Siri upgrades remain months away, with Apple shifting focus to privacy-centric AI tools and preparing for third-party assistant support in Europe.

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Man using iPhone.
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Apple is building a new Siri version for advanced ChatGPT-like capabilities.

Overview

  • Apple confirms that significant Siri upgrades will not be announced at WWDC 2025 and are still months from release.
  • The company is developing 'LLM Siri,' a new large language model-based infrastructure aimed at making Siri more conversational and capable of synthesizing information.
  • To comply with anticipated EU regulations, Apple is working on allowing European users to set third-party voice assistants as their default option on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
  • Apple executives report that internal testing of its AI chatbot shows capabilities on par with recent versions of ChatGPT.
  • Privacy-focused AI training methods are being advanced, leveraging on-device processing and synthetic data to improve AI without compromising user privacy.