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Sep 4, 2025 Apple is gearing up to launch an AI-powered search tool, setting its sights on enhancing Siri's capabilities. The landscape of quantum computing is heating up, with Honeywell's Quantinuum emerging as a major player. There's also buzz around Atlassian's acquisition of a browser startup, signaling shifts in tech strategy. After years of anticipation, Instagram finally arrives on iPad, focusing on Reels and competitive engagement, while Roblox embraces new laws with advanced age verification technology. It’s a thrilling time in the tech world!
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Apple Builds AI Search Into Siri
- Apple plans an AI-powered web search called World Knowledge Answers as part of a Siri overhaul arriving as soon as March.
- The system will combine web, local data, and a summarizer to produce digestible AI-driven answers.
Siri Rebuilt Around Three Core Engines
- Apple will rebuild Siri around a planner, a search system, and a summarizer to interpret queries and pull web and device data.
- It plans to keep user-data searching on Apple Foundation Models to preserve privacy while using third-party models for other functions.
Apple Open To Third-Party Models
- Apple is testing third-party LLMs, including a custom Google Gemini, for parts of the new Siri while retaining some in-house models.
- Cost and performance shaped the vendor race, with Anthropic reportedly demanding over $1.5 billion annually.