Apple's chatbot app: is it coming or not?
Apple employees can use a ChatGPT-like app with Apple Intelligence. However, the company is making no attempt to make it public, according to reports.
Users have been waiting a long time for a better Siri.
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There shouldn't actually be a chatbot from Apple—at least according to information from the group's management. However, initial tests are already being carried out internally—an outdated Siri with a large language model (LLM). The project is called “Veritas” and is said to have been created in preparation for the long-awaited context-sensitive Siri. It currently only appears to be used within the group's AI department. It is still unclear whether the technology will end up in the iPhone as early as spring 2026, writes Bloomberg.
Project Truth for internal use only
There have previously been indications that Apple could build a ChatGPT competitor, at least for search queries—a bit like an “answer machine” in the style of Perplexity. However, the “LLM-Siri” is set to go further. The special feature is the ability to access apps on the iPhone and use the personal data they contain—from emails or chats, for example. The app would be used to “quickly check new Siri functions,” the report continued. iPhone data can be searched, including songs and photos, and actions can be performed, such as editing photos. “Veritas” is Latin and means “truth.”
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Even without a public release, the app is a milestone for the company—marking a new phase that promises a kind of AI comeback. Apple did not comment on the report. The app uses Apple's new Linwood code base, which is designed to make Siri significantly more intelligent. It combines Apple's own basic models and is also capable of integrating third-party LLMs. In addition to OpenAI's technology, which is already optional in iOS, there is also Anthropic's Claude.
Standalone chatbot better than LLM Siri?
Bloomberg writes in another report that Apple's chatbot deserves a public release. Apple is not currently planning to publish a chatbot for end customers; the app is only intended to test internally how the new Siri works.
The users wanted a “real” chatbot. This would make it possible to overcome the problems that Siri has been dragging along for years. Apple risks diluting a potentially ground-breaking AI technology by embedding it exclusively in existing platforms. “A chatbot as a standalone app could generate much more interest.”
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