Apple's Next-Gen Version of Siri Is 'On Par' With ChatGPT 21
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (paywalled), Apple has big plans to turn Siri into a true ChatGPT competitor. "A next-generation, chatbot version of Siri has reportedly made significant progress during testing over the past six months; some executives allegedly now see it as 'on par' with recent versions of ChatGPT," reports MacRumors. "Apple is also apparently discussing giving Siri the ability to access the internet to gather and synthesize data from multiple sources, just like ChatGPT." From the report: The report added that Apple now has artificial intelligence offices in Zurich, where employees are working on an all-new software architecture for Siri. This "monolithic model" is entirely built on an LLM engine that will eventually replace Siri's current "hybrid" architecture that has been incoherently layered up with different functionality over many years. The new model will make Siri more conversational and better at synthesizing information.
Google's Gemini is expected to be added to iOS 19 as an alternative to ChatGPT in Siri, but Apple is also apparently in talks with Perplexity to add their AI service as another option in the future, for both Siri and Safari search.
Google's Gemini is expected to be added to iOS 19 as an alternative to ChatGPT in Siri, but Apple is also apparently in talks with Perplexity to add their AI service as another option in the future, for both Siri and Safari search.
better at what? (Score:4, Informative)
"The new model will make Siri ... better at synthesizing information."
Isn't that EXACTLY the problem? We ask questions because we want answers, not highly polished bullshit hallucinated by a sociopathic AI.
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it isn't "sociopathic", its owners are.
it isn't "AI", it is a glorified string generator.
it isn't "hallucinating", it is generating garbage.
please stop anthropomorphizing it.
Re: better at what? (Score:2)
Yeah! People who anthropomorphize software make my keyboard angry!
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If you are a right wingnut, then people make you angry.
It’s not going to happen. (Score:1)
Apple’s developers can’t even get Siri to pronounce words consistently. Half the time it says “Amazon” or “remastered” to me Siri mispronounces the word. I laugh at the idea that Apple can turn Siri into a serious competitor to ChatGPT. I know that some people will say that this is a new team in a different country, they’ll build something great from scratch. But if Apple was capable of making a good Siri they would have hired good people the first time around!
I remember Gen 1 Siri as pretty effective (Score:2)
The very first iteration of Siri, which IIRC was connected to Wolfram Alpha and other sources, and also the OS, was way better as I remember. Not only was it better at finding information, it was better at parsing my input into actual iphone actions, for example, setting a calendar event, calling someone, sending a text, and most importantly, searching the web directly for a particular phrase, or opening a website.
I have not played with Siri in several years, because it lost that functionality and I couldn'
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If you want "Star Trek level comprehension" then you want a conversational interface. The alternative is canned commands like "Siri, set an alarm for 8 am" which still works fine, BTW.
Dear Apple (Score:2)
So this is ... (Score:2)
Bring it, don't sing it. (Score:4, Insightful)
What happened to that vow to stop announcing things far in advance of actually releasing them?
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It was a short, meaningless fad that never happened.
We cannot allow a marketing bullshit gap.
How about letting the users decide? (Score:2)
In China the CCP says you can use any AI you want as long as it comes from Alibaba
Re: How about letting the users decide? (Score:2)
When the Republicans are in power, you can say "Down with Trump!" and you won't be punished.
When the Democrats are in power, you can also say "Down with Trump!" and you won't be punished.
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When the Republicans are in power, you can say "Down with Trump!" and you won't be punished.
Is that a fact?
Because just yesterday the republican chieftan-in-power literally told us that the choice to support a politician different from him is "unlawful":
https://www.mediaite.com/news/... [mediaite.com]
Seems fishy (Score:3)
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to be fair... they're right about this, but not because their product got better.
Second funniest headline of the day (Score:2)
"some executives allegedly now see it as 'on par' with recent versions of ChatGPT,"
Exceeded only by ; "Investors Have Accepted The Fact That U.S. Debt Will Expand At An Absurd Pace Until There Is Hell To Pay."
Gurman is occasionally right, but I think this is the Cupertino reality distortion field in effect.
Apple's autocorrect keeps wanting to change Gurman to German. If they can't figure that out AI will remain Augmented Idiocy.
Please no (Score:2)
I'm not going to even try to resist (Score:2)
"...Next-Gen Version of Siri Is 'On Par' With ChatGPT"
So Siri is finally going to show us she can suck with the best.
The all-new software architecture (Score:1)