According to ChainCatcher citing Phoenix New Media Technology and MacRumors, Apple’s redesigned Siri AI has improved intelligence and personalization compared with the traditional version but still falls short of proactive, always-on agents such as OpenAI’s Dots and Meta’s Muse. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman said Sunday that Apple may make Siri more agent-like as early as next year.

Gurman said Dots, Muse and Grok can track goals, determine what needs to happen next and continue tasks without users issuing each instruction. He said Apple ultimately wants to move in that direction. At a closed-door meeting in recent weeks, Apple CEO John Ternus told software chief Craig Federighi that the company needed to accelerate its software roadmap and move quickly beyond making only necessary improvements to Siri. Phoenix New Media Technology’s report was published on Nov. 9 (UTC+8).