This isn't anything new. Apple has had this bot as far back as 2015. https://searchengineland.com/apple-confirms-their-web-crawler-applebot-220423 https://searc

This isn't anything new. Apple has had this bot as far back as 2015. https://searchengineland.com/apple-confirms-their-web-crawler-applebot-220423 https://searchengineland.com/apple-confirms-their-web-crawle... Everyone appears to be nervous because of the supposed search engine. I believe this was part of their initiative to improve Siri results; when the service was even worse.