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  • Apple's AI ambitions go beyond Siri LLM with Knowledge chatbot and always-on AI copilot

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    mpantone said:
    LLMs are a dead end with clear limitations that won't bring Apple or anyone else to that contextual awareness + common sense that people see in commercials or dream about.

    Apple can forget about releasing an "improved" [sic] Siri if it is only as good as the competition's LLM-powered AI chatbot assistants (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, whatever dogchow). And Apple's senior management already knows this which is why they have balked on this so-called "improved" Siri.

    Apple needs to do something that differentiates themselves from the rest of the pack, beyond just preserving privacy. That is a super tall task and I bet Apple senior management accepts this challenge.

    A second place AI chatbot assistant is garbage because 1st place is still a massive failure 40% of the time. It's easy to laugh off/dismiss obviously stupid AI suggestions like eating rocks or using glue as a pizza topping. The more insidious issue is triaging through answers that are completely wrong that still sound right. That's A.) a waste of time, and B.) a massive hit to user trustworthiness.

    Apple knows all of this which is why the much-anticipated "improved Siri" has zero presence at WWDC 2025. Apple senior managers vaguely deflected this to 2026 but that really implies late 2026, like December if we're "lucky". So possibly 2+ years late.

    All the while their competitors will be feeding Joe Consumer dogchow.
    While I don't think LLMs are the end all, be all like gets touted by many online, I've been using a ChatGPT pro account linked to my action button of the past 6 months. As far as answering questions, providing helpful information, and actually understanding what I'm asking, it is so much better than Siri in its current form. Siri will absolutely benefit from being based more on an LLM architecture.

    What I trust Apple to do is take the time to do it right. While ChatGPT is super helpful, that next step for it to actually help accomplish tasks on my behalf is still clunky. This is where Apple can (and I trust, will) shine. Using App Intents and other future APIs, the phone will actually be able to do so many things thanks to Siri. And it should be so much safer and better thought out than what exists in the AI-space currently.
    Alex1N

  • Siri is superpowered with Apple Intelligence

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    mpw_amherst said:
    Will this be coming to Apple TV and HomePod? And if so, will it be on the original HomePods too? Guessing not if it requires A17 or M1 yet the HomePods could really do with a Siri upgrade. 
    Couldn't they both rely on the Apple Private Cloud by default to process requests since they can't do any on-device processing? Or did I miss something in the Keynote that would limit that as a possibility?
    watto_cobra

  • Steve Jobs $4.01 check to RadioShack sold for $46,063 at auction

    stoneygstoneyg
    That's some inflation
    watto_cobra

  • The new Qi2 wireless standard will launch before the holidays

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    gadgetfreak-apple said:
    it will be nice when Qi2 magnetic mounts will be built into cars
    This would be amazing if car companies would commit to this. Even better if they could make the process of changing the Qi mount in the car somewhat easy when a new version is released, which happens about every 2-3 years. At least some way to easily replace it without having to completely dismantle the entire dash.
    FileMakerFellerScot1watto_cobra

  • Prototype HomePod with LCD touchscreen surfaces in photo

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    I don't know if I care that much about a touchscreen HomePod. Maybe when I use it I'd change my mind.

    But Airport and Wifi mesh? TMM!
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra