Ace reporter Wayne Ma has a new scoop about a feature likely coming to Siri in iOS 18. The upcoming feature is revealed in a new report that details Apple’s ongoing efforts to invest in conversational AI.
According to the report, we should expect to see Siri gain deeper integration with Apple’s automation tool Shortcuts as part of iOS 18.
The Information says Apple’s Siri team “plans to incorporate language models to let users of the voice assistant automate complex tasks in ways they currently cannot,” like turning the last five photos taken into a GIF with a voice command.
“The new capability is related to Apple’s Shortcuts app, which lets users manually program a series of actions using different apps and is expected to be released alongside a new version of the iPhone’s operating system next year,” per The Information.
Top comment by Terry Benedict
I need to get some rest. I read the headline three times saying what “controversial” thing is happening with Apple? I’m missing something… yeah my sanity because that’s not what the headline is at all. Agh!
I can see how AI in this case would be a benefit and cut down on the largely coded shortcuts that due similar things currently. I’ve also noticed some of the shortcuts with a ton of code are not exactly optimized and thus tend to hang sometimes. Guess we shall see what happens… a year from now.
Much of the report explores Johnny Giannandrea’s role at Apple since leaving Google several years ago. Part of Giannandrea’s efforts include a 16-person conversational AI team called Foundational Models that’s reportedly spending millions per day on AI computing.
Other teams mentioned in the report include the Visual Intelligence team that develops software to generate 3D scenes as well as team dedicated to “long-term research involving multimodal AI,” The Information reports.
Building on reporting from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg in July, today’s report cites a source who believes Apple’s Ajax GPT large language model is more capable than ChatGPT 3.5. Also of note: code for AXLearn, the training model for Ajax GPT, was recently published on GitHub as an open-source project.
Read the full report from The Information here.
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