Siri AI at WWDC 2026
Simon Willison is skeptical of Apple’s Siri AI claims, while noting the approach now looks technically plausible.
Simon Willison says Apple’s 2024 Apple Intelligence rollout made him cautious, so he will believe the WWDC 2026 Siri AI claims only after seeing results. He notes the new features look more feasible, especially with a custom Gemini-derived model running on Private Cloud Compute. He also highlights vision LLM screen understanding and the new Core AI library for running PyTorch-derived models on Apple hardware.
Simon Willison takes a noticeably reserved stance on the Siri AI features Apple announced at WWDC 2026. He recalls the Apple Intelligence announcement at WWDC 2024, noting that anyone who had taken it entirely at face value was likely disappointed afterward — so this time he is maintaining a "show me the real results" standard. That said, he does acknowledge that the new Siri AI at least appears closer to what today's technology can realistically deliver, particularly because Apple has reportedly licensed a custom model derived from Gemini, capable of running on their own Private Cloud Compute infrastructure.
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