Apple’s new Siri AI knows when to shut up

Early hands-on impressions suggest Apple’s new Siri AI is notably concise, often answering without the cheery, expansive tone common in AI chatbots. The approach may be intentional, positioning Siri as a utility assistant rather than a companion users might form emotional attachments to.

Apple appears to be leaning into restraint as a product philosophy for consumer AI, prioritizing usefulness and boundaries over personality. If successful, this could influence a broader shift toward less anthropomorphic assistants, especially as companies face scrutiny over chatbot dependency and emotional attachment.

Apple's new Siri AI is finally here, and so far, it seems like it works. I have access and have been messing around with it, and my biggest impression so far is that Siri AI is quite curt - which I mean as a compliment. Many AI chatbots are cheery and wordy. While a more verbose and casual personality can make a chatbot seem friendlier and more fun to talk to, there are instances of users becoming extremely attached to their chatbot of choice. People have fallen in love with chatbots. When OpenAI suddenly shut down GPT-4o, users grieved its loss, and the company brought the model back for paid users. And while some companies have dialed bac … Read the full story at The Verge.