Apple says Siri doesn't need to beat ChatGPT — it's betting on your iPhone data

Apple CEO John Ternus told TIME the company isn't trying to build the smartest chatbot, but is betting on the personal context already stored on the iPhone. The new Siri runs on an Apple model drawing on Google's Gemini and processes requests on-device or via Private Cloud Compute.

• New Siri uses an Apple model built with Google Gemini technology
• Apple bets on personal iPhone data: messages, email, calendar, health
• Requests run on-device or through Private Cloud Compute
• Siri is deliberately not designed as an autonomous AI agent