Apple is considering giving its voice assistant, Siri, new AI-powered capabilities that would let it carry out ongoing tasks and follow them through without repeated instructions from the user, similar to Meta's Muse assistant and OpenAI's ChatGPT Dots.
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The AI-powered Siri can now understand what is on the user's screen, search within messages, and carry out various actions inside apps.
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is considering equipping Siri with capabilities resembling independent AI agents, which would allow it to track tasks and complete them continuously without repeated instructions from the user.
The report also says that Apple CEO John Ternus is pushing to speed up the development of AI technologies and has urged software chief Craig Federighi to make faster progress in the field.
Siri may carry out tasks without waiting for commands
Siri can currently perform several actions in response to a single request, but it still needs a direct instruction from the user to start any task.
By contrast, the assistant cannot yet follow a task over several days, monitor changes related to it, or take appropriate action when needed.
OpenAI, meanwhile, offers its ChatGPT Dots assistant, which can work in the background, monitor connected apps, check for problems, and prepare unfinished tasks for the user's approval before proceeding.
Meta's Muse AI agent has shown similar abilities, including finding a consent form in an email, filling it in, and following up on related arrangements.
Apple appears to be seeking to give Siri similar capabilities, turning it from an assistant that responds to direct commands into an intelligent agent that can follow tasks and take the initiative to complete them.
Siri's autonomous capabilities are still in development
Apple already has the expanded App Intents framework, which lets developers enable Siri to carry out more complex actions across different apps.
However, giving the assistant freedom to decide when to act and to take actions independently raises a different set of privacy and security concerns.
Ternus acknowledged these concerns during discussions about the future of the Siri assistant.
Gurman expects the most autonomous features to begin appearing in early 2027.
Apple has not yet confirmed an official timeline for these features, nor has it disclosed what capabilities the future version of Siri may include.
Source: Al-Ghad.
