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Apple's Siri AI Can Be Swapped Out for Claude, ChatGPT, Code Shows

52 points tosh 1 hour ago 14 comments

nicce 53 minutes ago | parent

That would be really cool, if you can route your local model for it.

vinni2 48 minutes ago | parent

Hmmm then why is it not available in EU?

djc404 36 minutes ago | parent

I think it is because the EU is requiring broader access to the deeper layers that Apple doesn’t want to give.

EDIT: by broader I mean all apps the user installs on their phone.

stetrain 27 minutes ago | parent

There’s a difference between Apple being able to swap out the model in code and Apple letting end users choose which model to use.

Gareth321 23 minutes ago | parent

This appears to be the current feature prototype intended for the EU and potentially China. Apple has chosen not to release the new Siri AI in the EU because our Digital Markets Act requires them to allow interoperability. I.e. that users be allowed to choose another AI provider.

Ostensibly they'll activate this in the EU when it's ready. Given the current functionality, it looks ready (or close to being ready). My guess is it is ready and Apple is doing their usual negotiation tactics with the EU to see who blinks first.

syntaxing 41 minutes ago | parent

I would pay a good chunk of money if Apple released a local AI hub to coordinate all AI usage locally (including photo indexing).

thallosaurus 38 minutes ago | parent

Don't they need that for China for compliance with their law?

Gareth321 26 minutes ago | parent

Possibly, but certainly the EU.

Simulacra 26 minutes ago | parent

Siri, and Alexa, would be significantly more useful if it could be connected to ChatGPT etc.

felixgallo 9 minutes ago | parent

Good news, Alexa+ (included with Prime) is already an Anthropic model, probably Sonnet.

pasc1878 5 minutes ago | parent

When I ask certain questions Siri asks if I want ChatGPT to answer it.

akie 23 minutes ago | parent

This is a very clever platform play. If you make Siri / your mac the central access point for all AI related workflows and make models interchangeable, then Apple has a huge weapon in the AI race.

freedomben 15 minutes ago | parent

I don't disagree, but I do feel the need to point out this was not Apple's plan A. Luckily for them they have so many tools and options at their disposal, that they are able to massively fail at developing their own models and still end up in a good position.

taybin 16 minutes ago | parent

It’d be short sighted to not have a wrapper around which AI to use, even without implementation for them. Like, having an abstract parent class with a Siri implementation of it would be baseline good software engineering.