Subj : Apples rumored ChatGPT rival could fix the thing I hate most abou To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Mon Aug 04 2025 13:45:07 Apples rumored ChatGPT rival could fix the thing I hate most about Siri and it cant come soon enough Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:30:00 +0000 Description: Apple is working on adding AI chatbot powers to Siri, a new report claims and that would fix my biggest frustration with its voice assistant. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Its pretty much common knowledge by this point that Siri is lacking compared to rival assistants and artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT . But according to a new report, Apple might be about to inject it with some much-needed power that could potentially transform it into a true force in AI. In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter , Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman claims that Apple is essentially building its own ChatGPT rival that would bring chatbot capabilities to Siri. The company has reportedly created its own 'Answers, Knowledge and Information' team to do this and if it works, it could fix one of the biggest gripes I have with Siri. Too often, I ask Siri a question, only for it to bring up a search engine results page and cheerily respond with Heres what I found on the web. Other times, itll suggest handing over to ChatGPT instead of answering the question itself. For example, just try asking Siri a relatively simple question what is the most common type of tree in North America?, for instance and itll ask if you want to enlist ChatGPT for this task. Both outcomes highlight how incapable Siri is compared to AI tools like ChatGPT. Its like Siri is hoisting the white flag. I dont know what the answer is, but maybe you can find it yourself? seems to be the message its conveying. (Image credit: Shutterstock) And theres another aspect to this. Whereas ChatGPT can actually find the answer for me, Siris response is the equivalent of those sarcastic let me Google that for you web pages that rudely hint at your own stupidity for not simply searching for the answer yourself. Thats never a good look for a personal assistant like Siri. But the bigger problem is that handing off to Google or ChatGPT doesnt actually solve the problem I wanted a solution for in the first place, and it misses the entire reason why people ask Siri questions in the first place. People ask Siri because they want answers, not because they want to do the heavy lifting themselves. If the outcome Im looking for is a Google search results page, I could have opened Safari and done that myself. I wanted an answer, not more hunting around. And thats the key difference between tools like ChatGPT and Siri right now: ChatGPT provides answers, while Siri does not. Even when Siri ropes ChatGPT into the situation, its an extra step compared to Siri just giving you the result you wanted. Whatever the question, Siri is rarely the answer. A shot in the arm (Image credit: Apple) Hopefully, Apple adding these answer capabilities to Siri could be the shot in the arm its virtual assistant desperately needs. That prospect is certainly more exciting to me than some of the other delayed Siri features, like its ability to work within apps or understand your personal context . While those features are interesting and might grab the headlines, I dont see myself using them very often. Theyre more complex and specialized, whereas asking Siri a simple question is a much more common occurrence for me and, I suspect, the majority of Apple users. Still, questions remain over how Apple will transform Siri into a proper answer engine. How will the company train Siri to be able to answer more questions? Will Siri simply search online for results, or will it be able to rely on stored knowledge? How will Siri be trained in a way that aligns with Apples much-vaunted privacy principles? And will it take away traffic from third-party websites, withering the web in the way ChatGPT and Googles own AI overviews are threatening to do? And then theres the question of when Siris chatbot update will arrive. Apple is reportedly targeting a spring 2026 launch date for its next-generation Siri features, but that hasnt previously included any mention of a chatbot, which could take a long time to develop. With AI developments moving at breakneck speed, will a Siri-based chatbot be able to keep up with its rivals? Those questions will be answered in due course, but in the meantime, Im looking forward to a more capable (and, frankly, less useless ) virtual assistant. If Apple can offer these features in a way that respects your privacy and doesnt rip off the worlds online content, then I wont mind if Siri is a little less capable than ChatGPT. As long as its more capable than it is right now. After all, the whole point of using an AI helper for search is to get actual answers, not a list of results that I could have searched for myself. If Apple can pull it off, this could be the upgrade Siri has been in dire need of for years. You might also like Apple reportedly targets 'spring 2026' for launch of delayed AI Siri upgrade but is that too late? 4 ChatGPT features I hope Apple adds to Siri Apple officially delays the AI-infused Siri and admits, Its going to take us longer than we thought ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/apple-intelligence/apples-ru mored-chatgpt-rival-could-fix-the-thing-i-hate-most-about-siri-and-it-cant-com e-soon-enough --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .