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The demo Mike Rockwell gave at WWDC was interesting. He kinda showed off Siri as like the Star Trek computer for your phone. I hope this is the direction Apple

The demo Mike Rockwell gave at WWDC was interesting. He kinda showed off Siri as like the Star Trek computer for your phone. I hope this is the direction Apple is going to continue in. Having AI as a user interface is way more interesting than chat bots, image editors, or copy editing.

crancher 4mo ago
I think the key thing is that Spotlight is now creating a... knowledge graph? of everything on your device for Siri's consideration. That's potentially very useful.
- arcatech 4mo ago
  I think it’s just storing embeddings now.
  - soledades 4mo ago
    well there is this: https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/11/kuzu-database-company-joins-apples-list-of-recent-acquisitions/ https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/11/kuzu-database-company-joins-a...
- tanmaydesh5189 4mo ago
  I suspect it is Kuzu in the backend. I had called it out earlier this year in my article. ".. WWDC 2026 or 2027 introduces any “contextual intelligence” features in Siri that require cross-app relationship reasoning."https://medium.com/data-science-collective/i-analyzed-163k-lines-of-kuzus-codebase-here-s-why-apple-wanted-it-12294a7035fa https://medium.com/data-science-collective/i-analyzed-163k-l...
  - saagarjha 4mo ago
    I can't read the whole thing but Apple has been building a knowledge graph for years already. Look up their efforts for proactive Siri, Duet, etc.
- _boffin_ 4mo ago
  The "knowledge graph" has been there for a long long time....
- jlhawn 4mo ago
  they specifically said "Splotlight Semantic Indexing" which means they generate embeddings of all your "personal context" and store it in a local vector database so they can do on-device RAG.
- deleted 4mo ago
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bunher 4mo ago
Will it change iOS Settings for me that are hard to find by me just describing what I want? Or things like: delete every app I haven’t used in 6 months?
- vdfs 4mo ago
  "I delete all your apps since I've been installed this month and I don't have enough records to suggest otherwise, to comply with your request I've deleted every app and also deleted the backups to save space on your device."
  - dhosek 4mo ago
    Also, just to make sure that I’ve done what you wanted, I will now brick your phone. You’re welcome.
- blizarre 4mo ago
  I have found that asking Siri to "ask ChatGPT" was enough 99% of the time for me and solved the discoverability problem that I had with my previous phones. I think that we are now in the realm of diminishing returns regarding these chat assistants.
  - shinycode 4mo ago
    I’m not against a more natural voice navigation of iOS rather than gating everything behind ChatGPT which feels like a bad hack
hollowturtle 4mo ago
> Having AI as a user interface is way more interesting than chat bots, image editors, or copy editing. What do you mean exactly? Audio conversation only? If so I don't see it very practical for most of the things
- SecretDreams 4mo ago
  Use android auto Gemini assistant for 5 mins and tell me how interesting it is.
  - asadotzler 4mo ago
    I do this, and it's got some utility some of the time. It's hardly a must-have, and if it cost me money I wouldn't pay for it.
    - SecretDreams 4mo ago
      On the initial prompt, it's okay. But it just keeps trying to talk after. Like, just answer my question and do not follow up unless I ask, please sir.
      - Schiendelman 4mo ago
        If you are logged in, you can tell it that's your preference and it will remember.
        SecretDreams 4mo ago
        I've tried, but I'll try again. I'm not clear what "logged in" means, I guess? It's using my android auto from my phone. Everything is authed against my google account, including my Gemini, presumably. Is there a secret Gemini/AA I'm missing?
        Schiendelman 4mo ago
WorldPeas 4mo ago
apple's highly opinionated developer strategy has a strength here insofar as they could use it to deconstruct existing apps into generative ui programs that the user may compose to their needs (e.g. putting a webview for cooking instructions above a timer) though of course app publishers would decry it, Apple's never really seemed keen on listening to them.
- saintfire 4mo ago
  Nor have they been keen on letting users OR devs customize the ui.
  - jorisw 4mo ago
    > users customize the UI The home and widgets screen can be customized to the point you don't recognize it as iOS > devs customize the UI Have you used Spotify? It completely ignores Apple UI and does its own thing cross platform. If you mean let devs customize the OS' UI, why would they? UI consistency is one of Apple's core strengths (or so it was before the 26 releases).
brucifer 4mo ago
> He kinda showed off Siri as like the Star Trek computer for your phone. This is a truly damning comparison. In Star Trek, the massively powerful ship's computer is mainly ignored in favor of touchscreen interfaces and the natural language voice controls on the computer are mainly used for making tea and occasionally asking a question, which the computer often can't answer or answers incorrectly. All real work is done using other interfaces.

crancher 4mo ago

I think the key thing is that Spotlight is now creating a... knowledge graph? of everything on your device for Siri's consideration. That's potentially very useful.

arcatech 4mo ago
I think it’s just storing embeddings now.
- soledades 4mo ago
  well there is this: https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/11/kuzu-database-company-joins-apples-list-of-recent-acquisitions/ https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/11/kuzu-database-company-joins-a...
tanmaydesh5189 4mo ago
I suspect it is Kuzu in the backend. I had called it out earlier this year in my article. ".. WWDC 2026 or 2027 introduces any “contextual intelligence” features in Siri that require cross-app relationship reasoning."https://medium.com/data-science-collective/i-analyzed-163k-lines-of-kuzus-codebase-here-s-why-apple-wanted-it-12294a7035fa https://medium.com/data-science-collective/i-analyzed-163k-l...
- saagarjha 4mo ago
  I can't read the whole thing but Apple has been building a knowledge graph for years already. Look up their efforts for proactive Siri, Duet, etc.
_boffin_ 4mo ago
The "knowledge graph" has been there for a long long time....
jlhawn 4mo ago
they specifically said "Splotlight Semantic Indexing" which means they generate embeddings of all your "personal context" and store it in a local vector database so they can do on-device RAG.
deleted 4mo ago
[deleted]

bunher 4mo ago

Will it change iOS Settings for me that are hard to find by me just describing what I want? Or things like: delete every app I haven’t used in 6 months?

vdfs 4mo ago
"I delete all your apps since I've been installed this month and I don't have enough records to suggest otherwise, to comply with your request I've deleted every app and also deleted the backups to save space on your device."
- dhosek 4mo ago
  Also, just to make sure that I’ve done what you wanted, I will now brick your phone. You’re welcome.
blizarre 4mo ago
I have found that asking Siri to "ask ChatGPT" was enough 99% of the time for me and solved the discoverability problem that I had with my previous phones. I think that we are now in the realm of diminishing returns regarding these chat assistants.
- shinycode 4mo ago
  I’m not against a more natural voice navigation of iOS rather than gating everything behind ChatGPT which feels like a bad hack

hollowturtle 4mo ago

> Having AI as a user interface is way more interesting than chat bots, image editors, or copy editing. What do you mean exactly? Audio conversation only? If so I don't see it very practical for most of the things

SecretDreams 4mo ago
Use android auto Gemini assistant for 5 mins and tell me how interesting it is.
- asadotzler 4mo ago
  I do this, and it's got some utility some of the time. It's hardly a must-have, and if it cost me money I wouldn't pay for it.
  - SecretDreams 4mo ago
    On the initial prompt, it's okay. But it just keeps trying to talk after. Like, just answer my question and do not follow up unless I ask, please sir.
    - Schiendelman 4mo ago
      If you are logged in, you can tell it that's your preference and it will remember.
      - SecretDreams 4mo ago
        I've tried, but I'll try again. I'm not clear what "logged in" means, I guess? It's using my android auto from my phone. Everything is authed against my google account, including my Gemini, presumably. Is there a secret Gemini/AA I'm missing?
        Schiendelman 4mo ago

WorldPeas 4mo ago

apple's highly opinionated developer strategy has a strength here insofar as they could use it to deconstruct existing apps into generative ui programs that the user may compose to their needs (e.g. putting a webview for cooking instructions above a timer) though of course app publishers would decry it, Apple's never really seemed keen on listening to them.

saintfire 4mo ago
Nor have they been keen on letting users OR devs customize the ui.
- jorisw 4mo ago
  > users customize the UI The home and widgets screen can be customized to the point you don't recognize it as iOS > devs customize the UI Have you used Spotify? It completely ignores Apple UI and does its own thing cross platform. If you mean let devs customize the OS' UI, why would they? UI consistency is one of Apple's core strengths (or so it was before the 26 releases).

brucifer 4mo ago

> He kinda showed off Siri as like the Star Trek computer for your phone. This is a truly damning comparison. In Star Trek, the massively powerful ship's computer is mainly ignored in favor of touchscreen interfaces and the natural language voice controls on the computer are mainly used for making tea and occasionally asking a question, which the computer often can't answer or answers incorrectly. All real work is done using other interfaces.