Apple, which has been on an overdrive to catch up with the generative AI wave, is integrating ChatGPT into experiences within iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, allowing users--and Siri--to access its capabilities
Siri came to life 12 years ago, a day before Steve Jobs passed away. Apple developed the personal assistant application for two years before releasing it as part of the iPhone 4S. The voice-recognition software was built on natural language processing, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI). But Siri couldn’t keep up for long, to the extent that users felt frustrated when it failed to carry out the simplest of tasks.