Not your friend or partner: What Apple’s Siri AI promises for iPhone users
Last Updated: 2026-06-12 13:07:01
Apple is not interested in making Siri AI your girlfriend or even an AI partner, a worrying trend that seems to have caught up this year among users. The new Siri is going to be an AI chatbot/assistant like Gemini and ChatGPT but will not harbour hopes of connecting with you in any emotional capacity.
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Apple's Siri AI will not act as a romantic partner- Siri focuses on tasks and queries, not emotional connections
- Apple wants Siri distinct from engagement-driven AIs
Craig Federighi, chief of software at Apple was quoted in an interview, where he highlighted the purpose and use case of the new Siri AI version. “If you try to engage Siri as a romantic partner, Siri's not up for that. Siri's 100 percent not into that,” he said in the video attributed to Mostly Human.
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This is an interesting aspect that Apple is definitely trying to keep Siri AI away from, not the least because of the controversy it can breed, but also letting Siri AI do the basic tasks in the best possible way.
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Federighi claims Siri AI will listen to your queries and deliver the responses based on what is available to the chatbot. And that’s the whole purpose of the assistant. “The way that we have designed Siri, Siri really wants to say 'Listen, that's not what I'm here for, right? I'm here to help you. I can help you get things done. I can help you learn about the world,” he adds.
Apple is also taking a different path with Siri AI, and exactly eyeing more engagement time from the users. “If you use many of the existing chatbots, they're really focused on engagement to a large degree. And sycophancy, right? They kind of want to pull you in,” making a fair point about how the other AI companies have gone about with this subject.
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ChatGPT 4o model retired a few months back, which prompted many angry users to question OpenAI behind its decision and felt they were forming a close bond with the chatbot, something the GPT 5 version did not offer.
AI as a girlfriend or a partner has been portrayed in sci-fi movies like Her, but the rise of AI chatbots, their level of smartness and keenness to understand humans, make it a dangerous reality that Apple is clearly not eager to be part of and others should follow suit.