Appleโ€™s rumored AI search tool for Siri could rely on Google

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Apple is working on an AI-powered search feature for Siri โ€“ but it might need Googleโ€™s help to make it happen, according to a report from Bloombergโ€™s Mark Gurman. As noted by Gurman, Google is currently in the lead to help Apple revamp its voice assistant, which could involve using a custom Gemini model running on the iPhone makerโ€™s servers.

The new feature, reportedly called โ€œWorld Knowledge Answersโ€ internally, will allow users to search for information and receive AI-generated summaries based on results from the web. Its interface will also incorporate text, photos, videos, and points of interest, allowing it to challenge the AI-powered search features from companies like OpenAI and Perplexity.

Putting AI search into Siri is part of Appleโ€™s delayed plans to upgrade the voice assistant with new features that will let it tap into your personal data and perform actions based on the content on your screen. The new Siri will reportedly work by leveraging a planner, which helps interpret voice or text prompts, a search system to scan user data or the internet, and a summarizer to package all of this information for users.

This week, Apple and Google reached a โ€œformal agreementโ€ for Apple to test a Google-designed AI model for Siriโ€™s summaries, according to Bloomberg. Apple reportedly plans to use its own AI models to search user data, but itโ€™s still evaluating Anthropicโ€™s Claude and Gemini for Siriโ€™s planning function.

Even though Appleโ€™s set to take the wraps off its iPhone 17 lineup next week, the company is expected to launch the AI-upgraded Siri alongside iOS 26.4 as early as next March.

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