Siri Engineers Sent to AI Coding Bootcamp as Apple Prepares to Deliver Siri Overhaul
MacRumors • • technology
Key Points:
- Apple is conducting a multi-week AI coding bootcamp for a large portion of its Siri engineers to improve their AI coding skills ahead of the expected unveiling of a smarter Siri at WWDC.
- During the bootcamp, about 60 Siri developers will continue working on the assistant, while another 60 will focus on evaluating Siri’s performance and safety standards.
- The Siri team has been slower to adopt AI coding tools compared to other Apple teams, contributing to delays in delivering the promised Apple Intelligence version of Siri for iOS 18.
- Following these challenges, Apple replaced AI chief John Giannandrea with software engineering chief Craig Federighi, who now oversees AI development alongside Siri team lead Mike Rockwell.
- Apple has partnered with Google to power Siri and other AI features using Google's Gemini models, aiming to enhance Siri’s capabilities moving forward.
