Apple eyes OpenAI and Anthropic for Siri revamp, wants their models to run on its own private cloud
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Despite these developments, Apple has yet to make a final decision to completely abandon its in-house models. Gurman noted that the company is still running a project named 'LLM Siri,' which could power a redesigned version of Siri in 2025 using its own AI models. However, Gurman says that top executives at Apple reportedly believe that relying on third-party models could be the key to catching up with rivals in the AI race.Earlier this year, Apple abruptly cancelled plans to build its own in-house coding models, which had been announced as part of Swift Assist at last year's developer conference. Instead, the company now allows developers to use tools like ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude directly through Xcode, its integrated development environment. Apple is also using Claude internally for code generation.The shift comes as Apple faces increasing pressure to retain top AI talent. According to Gurman, companies like Meta and OpenAI are offering salaries that can more than double what Apple pays, making it harder to attract and keep skilled engineers. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced a new AI division called the Meta Superintelligence Labs, which is aimed at developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) – an AI system that can perform most tasks as well as or better than humans can. For this new AI unit, Meta has poached some of the best AI researchers from its rivals like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Apple is reportedly working on a long-awaited revamp of Siri alongside the launch of iOS 26.4 in 2026. The upgraded virtual assistant is expected to offer more sophisticated capabilities, tapping into on-screen content and user data to execute complex, multi-step commands with greater context-awareness.- Ends
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