Siri is good now??

The Vergecast discusses early impressions of Apple’s updated Siri AI, which hosts say seems far more capable than previous versions. While the assistant may not feel cutting-edge, its improved reliability could matter because it is built directly into the iPhone experience.

If Siri becomes broadly useful, Apple could turn everyday voice assistance into a mainstream AI habit rather than a novelty. The bigger trend is ambient AI moving from standalone chatbots into default device interfaces where users already spend time.

You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of Siri, and it actually seems to be pretty good. On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk about their early experiences with Siri AI, and what it means for users, and the rest of the AI industry, for the iPhone's built-in assistant to be good enough at most things. There's very little about Siri AI that feels bleeding edge or brand new, but … Read the full story at The Verge.