Siri is ready for an AI upgrade (The CultCast)

This week on Cult of Mac’Podcast: With the many AI-based features reportedly available in iOS 18, a Siri overhaul seems possible – and promising! We talk about OpenAI’s surprisingly good GPT-4o demos and wonder if Siri will ever surprise us like that.

Also on The CultCast:

• Who will be Apple’s next CEO? Cupertino reportedly has a few familiar faces on its shortlist.
• The new features in iOS 17.5 are… OK. However, some of the accessibility features coming later this year, including Vision Pro-style eye tracking for iPhone, sound pretty incredible.
• These rumors about future foldable iPhones just won’t stop.

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The CultCast Live Stream Archives: iOS 18 and Siri AI Upgrade

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On the show this week: Your host Erfon Elijah (@erfon), Cult of Mac editor-in-chief Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) And Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones (@dgriffinjones).

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