“…These join so many others from cleanup and photos and new image creation tools to powerful writing tools. We’re also seeing developers take advantage of our on-device foundation models to create entirely new experiences for users around the world,” he said.
These statements are being studied closely in light of a recent Bloomberg report that claimed concerns about performance of the new Siri features among people testing iOS 26.4, the version thought to be the one with which Apple intends introducing those updates. It may, however, be unfair to raise performance concerns found in such an early beta as serious evidence of problems in development. Problems are inevitable in development — finding them is why you test things in the first place.
We’ve got to work together
Cook also spoke with CNBC, where he confirmed that Apple does intend to “integrate with more” AI tools over time. While he didn’t announce anything, we know the company has been speaking with AI services such as Google, Perplexity, and Anthropic. It seems likely those discussions will relate to cost for access to its platforms along with commitments on the part of third-party vendors to respect Apple’s very likely tough set of SLAs. I suspect that at least some of the infrastructure spending we’re seeing at some smaller AI companies may reflect their need to scale to meet the AI demands of billions of smartphone users. Given that water, energy, and hardware are all limited, scaling out to meet such demands will probably take a while.
