Tech Desk 
Jul 01, 2025
Apple is thinking about giving Siri, its voice assistant, a major makeover by incorporating artificial intelligence models from third-party companies like Anthropic or OpenAI.
Bloomberg reported that Apple has asked these companies to train their models to run on Apple's private servers, called Private Cloud Compute, which are powered by Apple chips.
A significant shift from Apple's customary reliance on its own technology would result from this possible collaboration.
Reportedly, the company's in-house Apple Foundation Models currently power the majority of its AI features.
However, they already use ChatGPT from OpenAI for some of Apple Intelligence's features. A significant change in approach would be implementing a third-party solution for Siri.
Interestingly, this strategy would be similar to Samsung's Galaxy AI, which uses Google's Gemini in addition to proprietary software.
Whether Apple decides to continue using its own technology or seek an outside solution is still up in the air.
Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi has replaced Senior Vice President of Machine Learning and AI Strategy John Giannandrea as the head of the company’s AI teams.
Additionally, the Siri team is now led by Mike Rockwell, who previously managed the creation of the Apple Vision Pro.
It is anticipated that the new Siri, which might be driven by AI models from third parties, won't be available until 2026.
Meanwhile, with the release of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26, Apple will introduce a more limited set of AI-related features this autumn.
