Apple's AI search engine could be driven by Google and help revive Siri, report says

"Though Apple offers useful AI features through its Apple Intelligence suite, discussion of the company's AI efforts usually returns to one main sticking point: the delay of a revamped Siri. That launch has been highly anticipated, as it is supposed to push Siri's capabilities to a new level. The finished product is meant to take all of the personal context from your phone activities to function as a personal assistant -- a deeper integration than anything we have seen from other competitors."

"At WWDC, the company said that the update was still coming, and citing insiders reports significant strides to power that experience, including building an AI search engine. A search engine, made by Apple Building on a previous Bloomberg report, which found that Apple's recently assembled Answers, Knowledge, and Information (AKI) team was working on an "answer engine" that can provide responses to general knowledge questions, using the web, this report goes deeper into the new system referred to internally as World Knowledge Answers."

"This system would allow users to find information from the web right in Siri and Apple's operating system, with the added help of AI. You can find a roundup of other features the AI system would have, according to the report below: An interface that uses the consumer's everyday data, including text, photos, video, and local points of interest. An AI-powered summarization system to make results"

Apple plans an AI search engine to power a revamped Siri and deeper operating system integration. The system is developed by the Answers, Knowledge, and Information (AKI) team and is referred to internally as World Knowledge Answers. The service is slated to launch in spring with iOS 26.4 alongside the Siri overhaul. It will draw from the web and personal device context to provide direct responses and AI-powered summarization of results. The interface will use everyday user data including text, photos, video, and local points of interest to personalize answers. The assistant aims for deeper personal assistance than current competitors.

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