Following the introduction of Apple Intelligence during the WWDC 2024 keynote and the confirmation of a partnership to bring GPT access to Siri through a deal with OpenAI, SVP Craig Federighi confirmed plans to work with additional third-party models, the first example cited by the executive as one of the companies Apple is exploring partnering with.
“In the future, we expect to integrate with other models, such as Google Gemini,” Federighi said in a conversation after the keynote, though he was quick to add, “We don't have anything to announce right now, but that's the general direction we're heading.”
OpenAI's ChatGPT will be the first third-party model to be integrated later this year. According to Apple, users will be able to access the system without signing up for an account or paying for premium services. As for the platform's integration with the improved iOS 18 version of Siri, Federighi confirmed that the voice assistant will warn users before sending them to its own in-house model.
“Now you can do it directly through Siri, without a separate tool,” the Apple executive said. “Siri will ask you a question before it goes to ChatGPT, which is really important to understand, and then you can have a conversation with ChatGPT. Then, if the question contains any helpful data that you might want to provide to ChatGPT, we'll ask you: 'Do you want to send this photo?' From a privacy perspective, you're always in control and there's full transparency.”