I don’t really agree with these points. If we don’t trust the supplier of the AI, it is funny that you trust his on device processing to not also ship your data off…On-device processing will become even more desirable in the long term, especially with increases in the amount of data crunched and the number of times we use AI in a day. There are several reasons, among them being:
• Network latency can be pretty minimal in most uses, but there are and will continue to be situations where latency is worse, including spotty or no Internet connection. And while we often get almost instant responses when we type or speak at an AI when we have a good Internet connection, often the response time can still sometimes be annoyingly slow for whatever reasons, and on-device processing is supposed to reduce this issue. You wouldn't want extra, annoying lag times while using FaceID, language translation, augmented reality, etc.
• Many people are concerned about privacy issues in which personal data they reveal about themselves is sent to the cloud while "conversing" with an AI. On-device processing can minimize this issue.
In beta and bugged to infinity in 2028Announced in 2026 but globally available in 2028 based on Apple’s current standards.
What do you think it means to “scrap siri”? The whole point of this article is Apple’s plans to replace Siri with an LLM-based AI.Absolutely insane how late to the game they are on this lol.
Just scrap siri entirely, its cooked. Their whole AI effort in general is a joke, very clearly theres hundreds of teams all fighting eachother internally with no steve jobs/elon type figure with a vision directing everybody towards a goal
I was just thinking the same thing. I’m in my 70s and I don’t expect to see the ramped up Siri. Well, there are certainly more important things in life. But I have been a fan for a while or at least of the concept of Siri. For all these years, all Apple has had is the concept of a plan.Do we all get the proper Siri before we die?
I agree, but I also find the privacy focused approach with Apple Cloud Computing very fascinating and promising (however the partnership with OAI is a privacy disaster in my opinion)On-device processing will become even more desirable in the long term, especially with increases in the amount of data crunched and the number of times we use AI in a day. There are several reasons, among them being:
• Network latency can be pretty minimal in most uses, but there are and will continue to be situations where latency is worse, including spotty or no Internet connection. And while we often get almost instant responses when we type or speak at an AI when we have a good Internet connection, often the response time can still sometimes be annoyingly slow for whatever reasons, and on-device processing is supposed to reduce this issue. You wouldn't want extra, annoying lag times while using FaceID, language translation, augmented reality, etc.
• Many people are concerned about privacy issues in which personal data they reveal about themselves is sent to the cloud while "conversing" with an AI. On-device processing can minimize this issue.
You probably won’t expect this answer but I already have a pair of KEF LS50 Wireless II (hifi grade speakers). The thing is though that 1. They are just too good for my apartment. For me they are like having a Ferrari but only driving 30/kmh. I’ve also noticed that I don’t play them as much as my HomePod minis because it’s so much faster to say “Hey siri, play this music” and it will start playing on the speaker I’m closest too. Yes I can tell it to play on the living room speakers, but I just don’t find myself doing it.Or buy yourself some great quality "dumb" speakers and let Siri in your phone/iPad/AppleTV be the "smarts."
Smart speakers are like iMac- when any one part goes or the Corp decides it's time- it's over. "Dumb" speakers can sound just as good decades from now… and “another record quarter” objectives can’t dictate any vintaging decisions. Plus, you'll have ever-smarter Siri (hypothetically based on this rumor) on those other Apple devices anyway.
HP is NOT the only way. There's PLENTY of speakers in the world. And the "smarts" part already lives in the other main lines you likely already own. Use them there and NOT have to regularly replace a kind of technology that can otherwise last DECADES. Bonus: about HALF of the purchase that would be profit for Apple can instead have most of that money buying the speaker (because many speaker sellers have much less than towards 50% margin).
Bonus 2: you won't be limited to only Stereo speakers. Start with some good "dumb" speakers and- optionally- over time, add to it to develop up to a true ATMOS setup.
Wait I thought thats what Apple Intelligence is now?
A bit behind the ball even for Apple, but if Apple Intelligence can't make Siri smarter, what will?
It seems they just shipped the same Siri with a different UI and checked if that works.
By the time they build the actual LLM based Siri, it will be massively outdated and you will see a bunch of people looks like cartel bosses in the keynote talking about it for hours like they invented an entirely new technology.
Been waiting on buying HomePods since the current ones probably won’t support a smarter Siri. Think I might as well buy and sell whenever time is due