From The Verge · Terrence O'Brien · · 1m 10s
Apple races to make Siri a true AI agent
Apple is accelerating Siri's development to compete with OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse, adding control over third-party apps and autonomous task management.
In brief
Apple is accelerating Siri's development to compete with OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse, adding control over third-party apps and autonomous task management. Apple is pushing Siri toward autonomous AI capabilities to match rivals like OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse, with third-party app integration expected in spring…
Apple pushes Siri forward fast
CEO John Ternus is pressuring AI czar Craig Federighi to accelerate Siri's roadmap and deliver a powerful AI agent to compete with OpenAI's Dots or Meta's Muse.
First-party apps get fine control
Siri will gain fine-grained control over Apple's apps, allowing it to rotate and crop images in Photos and organize Safari tabs. These capabilities are expected with iOS twenty seven point three.
Third-party apps coming in spring
Integration with third-party apps is likely to land in spring, letting Siri place orders through Grubhub or book dinner reservations through OpenTable, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
Apple wants true autonomous agents
Apple ultimately wants Siri to become more agentic, tracking goals and pursuing objectives without user initiation at each step, potentially as early as next year.
“Dots, Muse and Grok can keep track of goals, determine what needs to happen next and continue pursuing objectives without the user initiating every individual step.”
The short version
Apple is pushing Siri toward autonomous AI capabilities to match rivals like OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse, with third-party app integration expected in spring.
