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From the, well, of course they are. Why wouldn't they be? It would be almost criminally negligent if they

weren't file. Mark German says, Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed

LLM Siri, with plans to release it in the spring of 2026 as part of iOS 18 and MacOS 16. Qu Bloomberg. The new Siri, details of which haven't

been reported, uses more advanced large language models or LLMs to allow for back-and-forth

conversations, said the people who ask not to be identified because the effort hasn't been

announced. The system also can handle more sophisticated requests in a quicker fashion, they said.

The new voice assistant, which will eventually be added to Apple Intelligence, is dubbed

LLM Siri by those working on it. LLMs, a building block of generative AI, gorge on massive amounts

of data in order to identify patterns and answer questions. Apple has been testing the

upgraded software on iPhones, iPads, and Macs as a

separate app, but the technology will ultimately replace the Siri interface that users rely on today.

The company is planning to announce the overhaul as soon as 2025 as part of the upcoming iOS 19

and macOS 16 software updates, which are internally named Luck and Cheer,

the people said. The revamped Siri will rely on new Apple AI models to interact more like a human

and handle tasks in a way that's closer to chat GPT and Google's Gemini. It also will make expanded use

of app intents, which allow for more precise control of third-party

apps, and the software will be able to tap into features from Apple Intelligence, such as the

ability to write and summarize text. Like Apple Intelligence this fall, the new features won't

immediately be included in next year's crop of hardware devices. Instead, Apple is currently

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