Apple's Siri Chatbot in iOS 27: Everything We Know

[Reason077]

I just hope that SiriBot’s conversations and answers remain brief and succinct.

The last thing we need is Siri blabbing on and on like a typical AI chatbot.

 

[zenmacx]

Apple’s gonna keep kicking that can down the road. Meanwhile Google and X are just eating Apple’s lunch in the AI field.

It appears that while kicking the can, sometimes they even miss the can. If not for their arrogance they might feel embarrassed.

This is not the same Apple that many of us admired a decade ago. While they remain able to keep shareholders like myself reasonably satisfied, as a customer their failing ability to compete on the AI front within getting in bed with Google is very revealing.

 

[zenmacx]

I want it with an escape hatch.

An escape hatch sounds good, however this is Apple, thus it’ll likely come with a leash.

 

[It’s always something]

MechaHitler the Musk-worshipping bot is roughly as accurate as Mein Kampf.

Evidence.

 

[zenmacx]

Hear me out on this...it's just a viewpoint, and I am sure people will disagree, but what if this "AI" thing fades? The bubble bursts, the spending stops, etc. As someone who watched the dot com bubble grow and grow and then burst, this gives me feelings of deja vu.

So...if the LLM bubble bursts, and Apple doesn't have a tool that others currently have - will it matter? Will those tools go away since, as it currently stands, companies using these tools do not have enough paying customers to break even. Will Apple be worse for wear?

I understand there are folks who think the bubble won't burst. But what if it does? Will Apple being slow on this, actually be a good thing for them? I am genuinely curious.

The discussion, development and massive investment in AI globally suggests it’s here to stay. In what form amongst how many companies remains to be seen. Apple has forsaken the first mover advantage which is typical, yet by falling so far behind they've likely sacrificed the net gain that was once available.

If indeed the bubble bursts, that's another somewhat complex situation. Apple being the global juggernaut they are will certainly feel the outcome operationally if not financially. Their nearly endless resources will shield them from the kind of impact that would shatter smaller companies.

Given the depth and breadth of the AI challenge, it will be rather entertaining to watch how the Cupertino company handles itself.

 

[Biro]

One thing to keep in mind… AI was never something the consumer wanted and even now has mixed feelings about. This was Wall Street's big thing… because the markets saw money. If the AI bubble busts - and that’s a big if - it wouldn’t be the first time the money people got things wrong.

 

[bjf123]

Am I the only one on MR that believes Grok is way better and more accurate than Wikipedia, Gemini or Chat GBT?

I don’t use any AI as a chatbot, but do tend to use grok, ChatGPT, and Gemini, the most in their apps by typing my questions. I also have the Perplexity, Claude, and Copilot, apps installed. Unless it’s a super simple query where I’m pretty sure I know the answer, I’ll ask grok and one other the exact same question. I find that the answers are usually the same, but tend to prefer how grok has formatted the response and that it has provided more details.

 

[bjf123]

On multiple occasions Musk has openly admitted to tampering with Grok forcing it to produce preset replies to specific questions, on one occasion it even regurgitated the instructions it was given instead of the answer. I lost track of the number of times I personally saw Musk tweet how Grok would be “reeducated” on specific subjects that he seems obsessed with.

Sorry for a second post so quick, but I couldn’t get the multi-quote function in Tapatalk to work. I think some of that was Musk reacting to how ChapGPT and Gemini early on were presenting flat out wrong things, like making some of the founding fathers, or people in other historical groups, black or female, what some might call a woke presentation.