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Siri’s Getting New AI Smarts in iOS 18 — But Not All at Once By Jesse Hollington There’s every reason to believe that Apple will have some significant Siri improvements to talk about when it takes the wraps off iOS 18 next month. However, it turns out that not all of those changes are going to show up right away. While a rumored deal with OpenAI could bring ChatGPT-like features to Siri, even that’s not a certainty quite yet. OpenAI could power other things behind the scenes instead, such as summarizing voice memos and notes. After all, Siri doesn’t just need to be more conversational — it needs to be more useful. Bloomberg first reported on the OpenAI talks earlier this month, suggesting they were centered around ChatGPT. However, a new report from The Information reveals that the two companies have actually been collaborating for some time. Members of Apple’s machine learning team reportedly met with members of OpenAI, including CEO Sam Altman, resulting in a deal that gave Apple access to OpenAI for internal testing. In those tests, Apple engineers connected ChatGPT to Siri, creating impressive demonstrations of Siri handling more complex queries than usual, including by better understanding the context of what users were saying. - The Information The report concurs that ChatGPT is a big part of the arrangement, but it appears that the OpenAI chatbot could be considered a supplemental capability. For instance, while Apple wants to use OpenAI technologies to make Siri more