Apple Could Use ChatGPT or Claude to Power Siri

[MacRumors]

Apple may fix its Siri failings by partnering with ChatGPT creator OpenAI or Claude creator Anthropic, reports Bloomberg. Apple has been meeting with OpenAI and Anthropic to discuss a potential deal that would see a third-party large language model used as the backbone for Siri.

Both companies are training versions of their models that would work with Apple's Private Cloud Compute servers, and Apple is running tests, but hasn't made a final decision on whether to abandon Siri. So far, Apple has found that Anthropic's AI models are the best fit for Siri, and Apple and Anthropic have already discussed some preliminary financial terms. Bloomberg says that Anthropic is asking for a multibillion-dollar annual fee that increases over time, which is why Apple is also considering partnering with other companies like OpenAI.

Apple has been training a large language model for a future version of Siri, but it is no secret that Apple has been struggling with AI. Apple previewed several new Siri capabilities at the June 2024 WWDC keynote and advertised the iPhone 16 models with the functionality, but ultimately wasn't able to develop the technology in time.

In March, Apple said that the Apple Intelligence Siri features would be delayed until 2026, sparking customer outrage and spurring several lawsuits. Apple now plans to introduce those features in an update to iOS 26.

Apple's work on an LLM version of Siri is separate from the personalized Siri features that are coming in iOS 26. LLM Siri is planned as a follow up to the new features coming in iOS 26, and it will presumably debut in iOS 27 in the fall of 2026.

Partnering with Anthropic or OpenAI would give Apple time to work on its own AI models while still delivering modern AI features that customers have come to expect. Apple already partners with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into Siri, and iOS 18 users are able to have Siri pass requests on to ChatGPT for more detailed answers.

Article Link: Apple Could Use ChatGPT or Claude to Power Siri

 

[turbineseaplane]

Oh man...

If they force this on users too much or too deeply, some of us will have some big decisions to make.

Don't worry @surferfb, my friend, I'd be voting with my wallet and purchasing decisions (and leaving).

 

[HouseLannister]

Rumors like this and the rumor of Apple buying Perplexity give me no hope that a decent, working Siri is coming out in Spring. I think they are still very early in the planning stages and just trying to figure out who they can hire, who they can cut a check to, and what they need to do to get out of last place.

 

[jz0309]

reports Bloomberg.

Gurman wrote that "article" - why not say so?

As long as I have a toggle to use/not us this stuff - I don't care.
If its forced onto me, whichever way, I'll make decisions.

 

[acgmph]

Depends on the TOS. If my data will be shared with them, then no. I expect nothing less than this, for example:

 

[BNBMS]

As some people hate to admit it, this is all because Apple didnt care about AI for a long time and yet they crippled AI teams thanks to Apple CFO. They cant even make their own AI server as Apple Silicon isn't powerful enough to replace Nvidia GPU. Since they cant even make Apple Silicon version of Mac Pro with powerful GPUs, they will not be able to research, develop, and train their own AI instead of relying on others just like they did with Intel for Mac.

More I see articles about Apple's AI team being upset and disappointed toward Apple, it only proves me right!

 

[Plutonius]

Apple wants it all. .

 

[vegetassj4]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apple Upgrades Siri with ChatGPT, Admits Defeat Gracefully (Sort Of)

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA — June 30, 2025 — In a move absolutely no one saw coming (except literally everyone), Apple today announced that Siri is now integrating ChatGPT. Yes, that ChatGPT — the one you’ve been quietly relying on for years while pretending Siri was still "learning."

After over a decade of valiantly misunderstanding your calendar invites, offering weather for countries you’ve never visited, and responding to “Remind me to take out the trash” with “Calling Trash,” Siri is finally getting the upgrade she desperately needs. And instead of pretending we invented it, we’re just borrowing someone else’s smarter kid and pretending it was our idea all along. Classic Apple.

“We’re thrilled to combine Siri’s... personality... with ChatGPT’s actual usefulness,” said Apple’s Senior VP of Delayed Realizations. “Together, they’ll form a partnership more iconic than U2 and your unwanted iTunes library.”

What does this mean for you, the loyal user?
– Siri now responds like she’s read more than six articles from 2014.
– She won’t freeze when you say “Wait, no, I meant…”
– She can write poems, code, love letters, grocery lists, and fake doctor’s notes.
– And she might actually get your jokes now, instead of replying “I didn’t catch that.”

Under the Hood (Spoiler: It’s Mostly OpenAI Now)
Sure, Siri still lives in the Apple ecosystem, still respects your privacy (unless you ask her something really weird), and still sounds like she’s about to give you passive-aggressive directions to your ex’s house—but now, thanks to the mind of ChatGPT, she might actually tell you how to get there without launching Maps into a black hole.

We know what you’re thinking: “Wait, didn’t Apple say they’d never rely on third parties for core intelligence?” To which we respond: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Also: Apple Intelligence™. That’s what we’re calling it now. It sounds futuristic, a little mysterious, and very, very trademarked.

Siri + ChatGPT = The assistant you thought you had in 2011, but actually might get in 2025.

Available This Fall in iOS 26, macOS Wisteria, macOS 26, and anywhere else Siri has been pretending to help.

Siri: Now with Applectual™ Intelligence. Finally.

Contact:
Apple Public Relations
press@apple.com
(Please don’t ask Siri to send this email. It’s still… adjusting.)

 

[Neil J. Squillante]

Whatever model Apple uses on the back end, it needs an AI chatbot. Consumer habits are changing rapidly. People go to ChatGPT when they have a question. Unlike search engines, ChatGPT automatically records all chats so you can easily return to them. People know that years from now they can find a previous chat. Even though word processors now contain AI editing tools, people will still copy and paste an article into ChatGPT for proofreading and other tweaks because of the permanence a chatbot provides. Apple should continue adding Apple Intelligence tools to its apps and Spotlight but it needs to provide users with a dedicated app and saved AI chats. It’s a natural fit for iCloud+ too.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Rumors like this and the rumor of Apple buying Perplexity give me no hope that a decent, working Siri is coming out in Spring. I think they are still very early in the planning stages and just trying to figure out who they can hire, who they can cut a check to, and what they need to do to get out of last place.

You're right on it! They've been working just to retain folks, let alone hire more!

 

[Legend of Ive]

I can't remember ever using Siri. I've had iPhones since 2008, it was always a gimmick.

 

[vinegarshots]

The big problem with AI is that people are way more impressed with something that gives you any answer confidently, rather than correctly. It doesn't matter how much hallucinated BS these things throw at people-- half the users don't bother to check it or follow-up, and think that this crap is making everything better when it's actually making things so much worse in the long term...

 

[tweaknmod]

I love Apple hardware, and much of its software, but Siri has morphed into an un-showered drunk aunt at a wedding, trying to tell everyone how amazing her “new business opportunity” is, between gulping goblets of wine and hitting on the teenage waiters. All that train wreck but nobody can kick her out because she lost her house to her online gambling addiction, and everyone feels bad for her.

Nobody needs Siri at their wedding.

I hope they don’t “abandon” Siri… I would rather they put her in a Breaking Bad barrel, then launch that barrel towards the nearest black hole.

 

[n-evo]

How does this rhyme with other rumors/news stating Apple has an LLM themselves that works on par with others, just not locally like they wanted it to? I don’t see how teaming up with a third party that has to run on remote servers all the same makes much sense if they have that technology in-house too.

 

[ifxf]

Like Meta, Apple went down the rathole of VR both spending billions on it. Now both companies are way behind in the AI race.

 

[antiprotest]

I haven't been angry with Apple for years. At first I was, but in recent years, regardless of what they do, I'm not angry because I no longer expect them to do any better. This is no exception. It is what it is. This is the new Apple, and has been for a number of years now. When it comes to AI, they have nothing. They have been making bad decisions, missing important trends and technologies, and I think they will continue to do so until there are fundamental changes in leadership and/or until there are no more bezels for them to shrink to make that pass as innovation. Until then, it is what it is. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Plerf]

No point having cash lie around.

If you think LLM is important, then just buy your way in, Tim.

 

[nfl46]

Damn. How far behind was Apple? They really dropped the ball with AI. Like no one thought it was possibly becoming the next big thing a few years ago?

 

[Jaro65]

Rumors like this and the rumor of Apple buying Perplexity give me no hope that a decent, working Siri is coming out in Spring. I think they are still very early in the planning stages and just trying to figure out who they can hire, who they can cut a check to, and what they need to do to get out of last place.

Apple so totally dropped the ball here after initially leading with Siri yearg ago. This one is purely on Tim.

 

[munpip214]

All I care is:
1) Siri works reliably
2) Siri works offline

 

[Plerf]

How does this rhyme with other rumors/news stating Apple has a LLM themselves that works on par with others, just not locally like they wanted it to? I don’t see how teaming up with a third party that has to run on remote servers all the same makes much sense if they have that technology in-house too.

Rhymes like “fish” and “cork” that’s how.

 

[Donkey Man]

Apple wants it all. .

Any forced use of LLM-“empowered” Siri will simply lead me to deactivate it.

 

[211]

Unless I am hallucinating like A.I. assistants do, didn't people at Apple talk about A.I. and LLM a very long time ago? Pretty much as soon as it released Siri? It looks like it was all BS or all that time, effort, money and resources was for nothing. Apple had a huge head start with Siri, but then languished behind Amazon and Google very quickly. Any updates were "oh, by the way..." Now Apple dropped the ball again by languishing behind OpenAI, Google, and others.

There is an argument that Apple's products are expensive partly due to the amount of R&D it does. But wasting so much with very little to show for it in A.I, and then there was the car, there seems to be no accountability

 

[cardfan]

Apple stumbles around. No plan.

 

[cardfan]

Rumors like this and the rumor of Apple buying Perplexity give me no hope that a decent, working Siri is coming out in Spring. I think they are still very early in the planning stages and just trying to figure out who they can hire, who they can cut a check to, and what they need to do to get out of last place.

Doesn’t seem that way. Apple seems lost here.