Apple accelerates Siri toward agentic AI with app integration
Apple plans to make Siri more agentic to track goals and handle ongoing tasks, with third-party app control expected in Spring.
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Apple enables Siri AI access to third-party apps in iOS 27.3
Siri AI can now control third-party apps using natural language without naming them.
Apple Watch OS beta adds Audio Intelligence for Siri
Siri Recap and Live Rewind summarize conversations and transcribe 15-second audio clips using always-on mic; raw audio processed in dedicated hardware with no storage.
Apple posts a record year while leaning on partners for AI
iPhone revenue hit $57.6 billion and Mac sales rose 24%, while Apple spent $2.2 billion on capital expenditures last quarter.
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Apple CEO says the company does not want to ship AI for its own sake
Ternus, CEO since early September, said a delayed, more powerful Siri launched this summer and good AI should feel like ordinary software.
Apple releases iOS and macOS 27.2 with new Siri AI features
Siri can recall past chats and use voicemails and Messages attachments, but stays unavailable in Europe and mainland China.
iPhone owners can now submit a claim in Apple’s $250 million Siri AI lawsuit
Apple pays $250 million settlement for delayed Siri AI features promised with iPhone 16 launch.
A BYD Shark 6 Hack Shows the Risks of Connected Cars
Researcher remotely hacked a BYD Shark 6, controlling lights, wipers and doors and eavesdropping via cabin microphone, exposing connected-car security gaps.
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macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review
Ars Technica reviews macOS 27 Golden Gate, highlighting an unavoidable Apple Intelligence upgrade, new AFM 3 Core models, and dropped Intel Mac support.
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Apple brings a fully revamped Siri built on Google's Gemini, but not to the EU
Apple shipped its fully rebuilt Siri running on Google's Gemini models with iOS 27, initially excluding the EU and China over regulatory hurdles.
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Apple releases iOS 27, macOS Golden Gate 27 with Siri AI and Liquid Glass refinements
Apple released iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate 27 with a LLM-based Siri AI overhaul powered by new AFM 3 on-device and cloud models.
With iOS 27, I’m actually using Siri again
Apple's rebuilt Siri, powered by Google Gemini models in iOS 27, finally handles complex multi-step and on-screen-context requests, per TechCrunch review.
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Fashion app Daydream uses Apple Intelligence to help you shop the outfits in your camera roll
Fashion app Daydream uses iOS 27 Apple Intelligence APIs to turn saved outfit photos into shoppable matches and enable Siri voice search.
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Apple's Siri AI Can Be Swapped Out for Claude, ChatGPT, Code Shows
Code analysis of iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate frameworks shows Apple engineered Siri to deeply interoperate with third-party AI models like Claude and GPT-5.6.
Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent
Apple's Watch Series 12 Live Rewind and Siri Recap transcribe nearby conversations without bystander consent, drawing EFF criticism over all-party-consent laws.
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Read the Apple document explaining how new listening features still protect your privacy
Apple published a document explaining its new Audio Intelligence features process audio in a hardware-isolated Secure Exclave inaccessible to Apple, apps, or the OS.
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Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening
TechCrunch argues Apple Watch's Live Rewind and Siri Recap normalize always-listening AI, raising consent and legal questions despite privacy safeguards.
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Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch's Listening Features
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 add opt-in audio intelligence features that process microphone audio on-device via a new Secure Exclave.
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