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Apple already uses an on-equipment language model to powerApple Intelligence.

Why does Siri need an LLM brain?

Siri in iOS 18 using keyboard

I have previously written about how ChatGPT integration into Siri largely makes the voice assistant pointless.

Everything creative just gets sent to ChatGPT.

Siri feels outdated and a relic from a different era.

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This will take time to build out infrastructure for a global-scale voice assistant.

The report by Mark Gurman suggests LLM Siri might initially be a separate app while users provide feedback.

This would act as a ‘stop gap’ until the Siri LLM is ready.

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