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Re: Siri AI

#11

Post by thewebguyd »

minimaxir wrote: post #8

I wonder how much of Siri AI is Apple-developed and how much of it is Google-developed as a result of Gemini. The a) search demos and b) image generation demos seem unlikely to have been done by Apple alone, the demos being closer to Google Search and Nano Banana respectively.

It looks almost entirely like gemini. The images they showed are obviously nano banana, and the text responses are almost obviously Gemini (I say as a somewhat frequent Gemini user).

I'm sure they customized some of it, but this looks basically like Gemini integrated with iCloud instead of Google Workspace.

Re: Siri AI

#12

Post by troupo »

MattDamonSpace wrote: post #7
baggachipz wrote: post #3

> coming this fall I believe we also heard that a couple years ago.

Went out of their way to show actual usage of these features on actual devices in actual people’s hands

In a pre-recorded video after who knows how many takes.

15 years ago they had the balls to run Siri live on stage: https://youtu.be/6rL9EL2LlrA?is=5yMQxs0C2VAC5Lwz

Re: Siri AI

#13

Post by seaal »

>Fix passwords with a tap.

>The Passwords app alerts you to weak or compromised passwords and can update them on your behalf without the hassle.

Finally, I hope this works well. Personally one of the worst things to deal with.

Re: Siri AI

#14

Post by OberstKrueger »

> Available on iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPad models with M4 and later and at least 12GB of unified memory, and Mac models with M3 and later and at least 12GB of unified memory.

It’s really disappointing to see the on-device models being limited to so few devices. And this was after the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro were marketed so heavily with supporting their now failed effort at AI.

Re: Siri AI

#15

Post by hmokiguess »

minimaxir wrote: post #9
reconnecting wrote: post #5

Amazing how this time Apple found the `sweet spot` to release Siri AI when the letter combination A and I has fed up literally everyone.

Apple notably threw shade at the existing AI implementations, with an emphasis on making Siri AI more human-focused. The stock price definitely didn't like it though.

I feel like the hate came more from the "Available today for Developers and later in Beta" than anything

Re: Siri AI

#16

Post by nico »

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #2

Associated post: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/apple-introduces-siri...

The demo video there is so underwhelming. They show very basic stuff, which I assumed Siri was already capable of doing... not sure what the big improvement is

Re: Siri AI

#17

Post by losvedir »

MattDamonSpace wrote: post #7
baggachipz wrote: post #3

> coming this fall I believe we also heard that a couple years ago.

Went out of their way to show actual usage of these features on actual devices in actual people’s hands

Heh, I noticed the same thing, after the DaringFireball callout last year about the normal product demo progression. It looks "real" this time, but the question is how far along we are: will the journalists have a chance to play with it at the event?

Re: Siri AI

#18

Post by nobody_r_knows »

This whole "coming this fall", "later this year", it's annoying. I miss the days when Steve Jobs used to say "and it's available right now, you can demo it in the hall outside, we're going ot make a billion dollars by tonight."

Re: Siri AI

#19

Post by graypegg »

reconnecting wrote: post #5

Amazing how this time Apple found the `sweet spot` to release Siri AI when the letter combination A and I has fed up literally everyone.

Watching the keynote at our office on a big screen and everyone collectively sighing when they announced the name felt indicative haha.

I think it just feels uncreative? Siri as a brand has some value, but if you want it to feel like a watershed moment where old Siri is "behind us" finally, just give it a new name.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by nafizh »

They should have changed the name as per branding. I hear Siri, I subconsciously associate it with really bad software.
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