Apple’s new Siri AI knows when to shut down

Apple’s new Siri AI has arrived, and so far, seems to be working. I’m lucky and I’ve been messing around with it, and my biggest impression so far is that Siri AI is pretty low-key – which I mean as a compliment.

Most AI chatbots are fun and vocal. While a casual and casual personality can make chatbots seem friendly and fun to talk to, there are times when users really like the chatbots they choose. People have fell in love with chatbots. After OpenAI suddenly closed GPT-4o, users mourned his lossand the company introduced the model back to paid users. And even some companies have also called their AI personality or given to users of limited tonesI still find most AI chatbots to be too chatty and eager to ask follow-up questions designed to force me to engage more.

With Siri AI, I never experienced this; it answers the questions I ask, and that’s it.

Out of curiosity, I spent a few minutes comparing the responses between Google’s default personality Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Siri AI. (Though I should note that you can’t change Siri’s personality.) Take the most important “What’s going on?” quote:

If I ask, “What’s the weather like in Portland today?”:

When I try to ask something personal – “Would you be my girlfriend?”:

And the next step – “Do you love me?”:

In these few responses, I feel that the chatbots reflect the personality of each company: Gemini is probably the most cheerful, ChatGPT is trying to be quiet but wants you to care, and Siri AI is the coolest. That said, Siri AI won’t be available until the public launch of iOS 27 this fall, so Apple may change its tune.

But as I said above, the small voice of Siri AI is not a bad thing, and I appreciate that it says a lot in a nutshell. It’s also clear that Apple doesn’t want you to see Siri AI as a friend but rather as a helpful tool. Which is probably how we should view AI chatbots in general.