Apple progresses on AI-enhanced Siri and Messages in iOS 17.4 with ChatGPT assistance

January 26 2024
Apple is anticipated to introduce significant new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities with iOS 18 in June, leveraging a new version of Siri that utilizes large language model technology. Insights from the first beta of iOS 17.4 unearthed by 9to5Mac reveal Apple’s efforts in improving Siri through internal testing with OpenAI’s ChatGPT API, aimed at enhancing its own AI models. A newly discovered SiriSummarization framework in iOS 17.4 calls upon the ChatGPT API, signifying its use for testing new AI functionalities within the system. These developments indicate Apple’s commitment to integrating advanced AI features into its operating system, including potential AI functionalities in the Messages app for tasks like question-answering and auto-completing sentences. Despite using OpenAI for testing, Apple is expected to rely on its own AI models, named “Ajax” among others, for powering these features in iOS 18, showcasing a focused effort to evolve iOS with proprietary large language model capabilities.
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What does it mean?

  • Large language model technology: A type of artificial intelligence that understands and generates human-like text based on the input it receives. It is trained on vast amounts of text data to perform tasks like translation, question-answering, and content generation.
  • ChatGPT API: An Application Programming Interface for ChatGPT, which allows software developers to integrate the conversational capabilities of ChatGPT into their own applications or services. ChatGPT is a version of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) designed specifically for understanding and generating human-like text in a chat format.
  • SiriSummarization framework: Part of a software system designed for condensing and summarizing information. In this context, it suggests a specific part of iOS that utilizes AI to summarize content, presumably leveraging the capabilities of ChatGPT or similar large language models to enhance Siri's ability to provide concise summaries.
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