Report: Apple working on next-gen humanlike AI personality thats not Siri [Video]

Later this fall, Apple will ship a brand new, Apple Intelligence-infused Siri in iOS 18.1. The revamped digital assistant will gain a variety of new features that hopefully make it smarter than ever. But according to a new report, there’s another AI ‘personality’ in the works at Apple. This other personality, entirely separate from Siri, is being built for future Apple robotics devices.

When Apple Intelligence arrives in iOS 18.1, it will provide the first experience with a new and improved Siri.

But Apple’s work on the digital assistant is only getting started there. Many of Siri’s most powerful new capabilities aren’t scheduled to arrive until some time in 2025.

Despite all the promise of this up-and-coming Siri, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reports that Apple is already developing an alternative personality.

The news arrives in a larger piece outlining Apple’s efforts in robotics.

Gurman writes in his Power On newsletter: