Apple’s struggle to develop artificial intelligence might reach the point where the iPhone-maker will need to outsource Siri. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

In iOS 18, Siri received a new design that includes a glowing light that wraps around the edge of the screen when active. Longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster says that all that matters for Apple’s AI is this next version of Siri, which we should see by June of next year. Munster knows Apple’s Siri is well behind ChatGPT and wanted to quantify that gap, so he tested the two and left with a new perspective: Siri isn’t an AI assistant. It is still just a voice-activated search tool. The combo of Siri and ChatGPT improved the quality of the results, but it took on average 5 to 10 seconds, underscoring one challenge of leveraging a third party LLM. Bottom…

A lawsuit surrounding Jony Ive's firmware might mute the buzz, but OpenAI's 'io' acquisition is not off the table. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

Apple today revealed a number of updates for Image Playground and Genmoji. ChatGPT image generation is now available directly in ‌Image Playground‌, with new ChatGPT styles, such as Oil Painting, Vector, Anime, Print, and Watercolor. There is also a new ‌Image Playground‌ API for developers to use. Text descriptions can now be turned into a ‌Genmoji‌, and two emojis can be combined. There are more options to customize Genmojis of people with different hairstyles and expressions. More to follow...Tags: Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, Image Playground, WWDC 2025This article, "ChatGPT Integration Coming to Apple's Image Playground" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums

OpenAI has announced some new productivity features for ChatGPT, adding direct integration with major cloud storage services and introducing meeting recording capabilities for business users. The AI chatbot can now connect to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, and SharePoint, allowing users to query information directly from their stored documents and files. Use case examples include a financial analyst asking ChatGPT to pull data from company reports to generate investment insights, or a marketing professional analyzing product presentations without leaving the ChatGPT interface. OpenAI says the cloud integrations respect existing organizational access controls, so ChatGPT can only access documents it is authorized to view. The company says that data accessed through these connectors won't be used to train its models for…

Artist’s conception of OpenAI GenAI device (image: Ben Geskin via X) Jony Ive, the iconic designer behind Apple’s iPhone, has partnered with OpenAI in a $6.5 billion deal announced on May 21, 2025, to create a new AI hardware device, aiming to redefine how humans interact with technology. This collaboration follows OpenAI’s acquisition of Ive’s startup, io Products, Inc., marking the company’s largest acquisition to date and bringing in Ive’s team of 55 engineers and researchers. TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Thursday provides some color on this new new AI hardware device. Ming-Chi Kuo via X: ‎ My industry research indicates the following regarding the new AI hardware device from Jony Ive’s collaboration with OpenAI: 1. Mass production…