Apple Unveils Gemini-Powered Siri AI at WWDC 2026
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At WWDC on June 8, Apple announced Siri AI, its long-awaited assistant overhaul — a standalone app woven through iOS 27 that draws on users' email and message history. Under the hood it runs on Google's Gemini model, a striking admission that Apple could not build frontier AI in-house. Apple shares reversed lower on the news.
Our Take
When even Apple has to rent its intelligence from Google, AI stops being a feature war and becomes a utility business — and a billion iPhones just got wired into one company's model.
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