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Apple to Unveil Gemini-Powered Siri Assistant with Advanced Task Completion Capabilities
Apple plans to announce a significantly upgraded Siri assistant in February 2025, powered by Google's Gemini AI models, marking the first substantial realization of their AI partnership. The new Siri will reportedly access personal data and on-screen content to complete tasks, with an even more conversational version planned for announcement at WWDC in June 2025. This shift follows Apple's reported struggles with its AI strategy and the recent departure of its AI chief John Giannandrea.
Skynet Chance (+0.01%): Increased integration of AI assistants with personal data and device control expands the attack surface and potential for unintended autonomous actions, though this remains within consumer assistant scope rather than general autonomous systems.
Skynet Date (+0 days): Deploying advanced AI assistants with broader device and data access to billions of users slightly accelerates the timeline for AI systems to gain more autonomous capabilities in real-world environments.
AGI Progress (+0.01%): The ability to complete complex tasks by integrating personal data, on-screen content, and multi-step reasoning represents incremental progress toward more general-purpose AI systems, though still within narrow assistant domains.
AGI Date (+0 days): Apple's adoption of Gemini models and commitment to more conversational, context-aware AI indicates mainstream acceleration of deploying increasingly capable AI systems, though this represents application of existing technology rather than fundamental breakthroughs.