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Re: Siri AI

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Post by devindotcom »

thewebguyd wrote: post #11
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.

I'm curious what the obvious tells were for you. I never use any of these tools so I do wonder what sets them apart for those in frequent contact.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by losvedir »

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.

I was wondering the same. I have to imagine it's mostly Gemini, unless Apple has a big, secret, SotA foundation model no one has heard of? But if it is Gemini, how does that work with their Private Cloud thing? Are they able to load the Gemini weights into it?

Re: Siri AI

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Post by avarun »

seaal wrote: post #13

>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.

1Password has been able to do this for five+ years. Frankly, it doesn't even really need agentic AI, although a talented team could probably make it perform better with agentic AI.

I don't really believe in Apple being that quality team.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by arijun »

They’re adding vibecoded shortcuts (the high level scripting for Apple devices). Hopefully that means they worked out some of the long-existing bugs and missing features, but I’m not optimistic. Still, could be a useful tool, especially for less tech-literate people.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by reconnecting »

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 mean, seriously, AI = Apple Intelligence?

It's not even funny, it's not smart. It's like if they released MS Siri and said it's Mac System Siri.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by lotsofpulp »

nico wrote: post #16
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

Based on my experience, I assume Siri is not capable of anything more than setting timers or referring me to my phone to see the search results.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by 0gs »

all the limitations of on-device with none of the benefits, it seems? they gotta get SOMETHING out there and soon but idk, i would probably feel safer running a chinese model through a 3P iOS app shell vs. trusting Geminiri to not snitch if i cared about the sanctity of my personal information.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by sanex »

seaal wrote: post #13

>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.

I hope they don't feed the actual password into the model.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by nozzlegear »

0gs wrote: post #27

all the limitations of on-device with none of the benefits, it seems? they gotta get SOMETHING out there and soon but idk, i would probably feel safer running a chinese model through a 3P iOS app shell vs. trusting Geminiri to not snitch if i cared about the sanctity of my personal information.

> all the limitations of on-device with none of the benefits, it seems?

What do you mean?

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