Siri is finally an LLM — can it catch up to ChatGPT?
apple overhauled siri into a conversational chatbot with on-screen awareness at wwdc 2026, challenging established ai leaders.
apple unveiled siri ai at wwdc 2026, transforming the voice assistant into a full-fledged conversational chatbot to compete with chatgpt, claude, and gemini. the new assistant integrates with the dynamic island, features text-based input, and utilizes screen awareness to answer contextual questions about displayed content. users can perform complex tasks like drafting emails that mimic personal communication styles and accessing app-specific data via spotlight integration. this release signals apple's aggressive push to reclaim relevance in the ai assistant wars by leveraging its hardware ecosystem.