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Re: Siri AI

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Post by josho »

OberstKrueger wrote: post #14

> 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.

> It’s really disappointing to see the on-device models being limited to so few devices.

At first I thought it was the usual planned obsolescence. Then I realized it may be a true technical limitation. I suspect an embedding model is required to run on device in order to make several of the features work. Embedding models are small compared to LLMs, but, depending on their capabilities, could be the memory driver.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by pornel »

nozzlegear wrote: post #48
akmarinov wrote: post #44

None for the EU Is it available in China at least or is this another “50% of the userbase gets nothing new in the OS update” year? Edit: https://x.com/wongmjane/status/2064052590992916840?s=46 Lol

One of the presenters said they're working with regulators in China and the EU to make it available eventually.

In the EU case, Apple weaponizes people's ignorance about regulation. Apple pretends that the features everyone else has been shipping left and right somehow need extra paperwork and special approvals, because (…checks notes…) pro-privacy EU laws let zero-privacy competitors sail through, but block implementations that offer more privacy!?

What's really happening is Apple unilaterally withholding features while making vague noises about regulation as bargaining chips in talks with EU regulators where Apple is trying to weasel out of punishment for breaking anti-monopoly laws.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by aurareturn »

merlindru wrote: post #114
aurareturn wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't personally agree with EU's mandates. I think it's ok if Apple only allows their own models to run on iOS at the OS level. If OpenAI makes their own AI-phone, do they have to let Anthropic and Deepseek run their models on it too?

> do they have to let Anthropic and Deepseek run their models on it too? provided it gets big enough, yes. the EU's position roughly is "if this hurts an entire market just to benefit you, and lots of people use / rely on it, then you gotta allow it"

Why can't Anthropic or Deepseek take the big risk to develop their own phone? It doesn't seem right that they can simply use EU laws to hop on the ride for free without taking the same risks.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by bouke »

nixpulvis wrote: post #60
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.

Apple Passwords reliably updates passwords in its database before the password is confirmed to be actually changed. I've been locked out of accounts many times to this. They really need to focus on these basic UX issues.

Yep. I get anxious when Safari starts to offer a new password for an existing account. Having access to previous passwords would be such great UX, but no, no such thing.

Re: Siri AI

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Post by simianwords »

Here's what I want: natural language interaction to achieve complex workflows in iPhone. Example: find the cheapest way to go from A to B and book it using the Deutsche Bahn Train app.

I still don't think Siri can do that ::angry::

Re: Siri AI

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Post by om42 »

thewebguyd wrote: post #68
devindotcom wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The images were the biggest tell, generating using a reference photo of a person, at least Gemini and ChatGPT have two distinct styles. ChatGPT is a little less uncanny valley than Gemini which tries to be too realistic looking, in a bad way because it tries to preserve the original person in the photo, but still can't seem to help altering facial features. The text responses had Gemini's verbosity. Asking ChatGPT to…

Yeah I noticed the same things! I've been using Gemini on my Pixel a lot like this and this feels like Siri skin for Gemini

Re: Siri AI

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Post by Hamuko »

akmarinov wrote: post #44

None for the EU Is it available in China at least or is this another “50% of the userbase gets nothing new in the OS update” year? Edit: https://x.com/wongmjane/status/2064052590992916840?s=46 Lol

Wrong. It's some for the EU.

>EU users will be able to access Siri AI on macOS 27, visionOS 27, and watchOS 27.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/due-to-dma-siri-ai-de...

Re: Siri AI

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Post by ninth_ant »

wxw wrote: post #109

I strongly believe Apple can win the consumer AI space. They have incredible distribution and hardware. They just haven’t executed at the application layer yet.

Apple has over-promised and under-delivered so many times in this space, going back to the launch of the original Siri.

So while they could win, it’s pretty hard to get hyped about it before we see real-world tests.

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