IT·Science Talk

Siri finally getting a brain, and it's Google's brain. still processing this

So after years of everyone joking about Siri, Apple rebuilt it at WWDC as "Siri AI" with foundation models built with Google using Gemini. Own app, multi-turn conversation, knows what's on screen. Apple even called it the biggest overhaul since 2011.

As a nurse who uses voice assistant mostly for setting timers with gloves on, I only want it to understand me the first time. But it's funny that the company who always said they do everything themselves now partners with Google. Also Tim Cook's last WWDC, end of an era kind of.