Apple: New AI Siri takes longer than planned

Setback for Apple in the AI race with other tech giants: The iPhone company is taking longer than planned to develop its improved Siri assistance software.

The new far-reaching functions with artificial intelligence will not be available until “next year”, an Apple spokesperson told the website “Daring Fireball”. The function was generally expected to be available this spring.

Apple’s plan is for the future Siri to be particularly helpful for users because the software has access to users’ personal information and can be active across various apps. Rivals such as Google and Samsung also want to establish such functions in the everyday lives of users of their devices and software. Amazon will soon be opening advance access to an AI version of its Alexa assistance software in the USA.

Apple summarized its new AI offerings under the name “Apple Intelligence”. So far, the software has been able to reformulate and summarize texts and create new emoji from user descriptions, among other things. The first functions of “Apple Intelligence” are set to appear in Germany in April. The company is focusing on AI functions in the marketing of its current iPhone generation.

dpa