Apple executives think its internal AI chatbot is ‘on par’ with ChatGPT

Here’s a little bit of positivity on Apple’s race to catch up to the competition in artificial intelligence. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is testing its own chatbot internally and has made significant progress in catching up with ChatGPT in the last six months. The report explains that Apple’s AI chief John Giannandrea was initially reluctant to turn Siri into a ChatGPT-like chatbot, as he doubted the actual value of such tools. Despite those reservations, however, Apple executives are now “pushing to turn Siri into a true ChatGPT competitor. And while it may come as a surprise, it sounds like Apple is seeing early success in this effort, at least internally. Apple executives reportedly believe that the current version of the internal chatbot is “on par with recent versions of ChatGPT.” From the report: As for Apple’s homegrown chatbot efforts, some executives are now pushing, despite Giannandrea’s prior reluctance, to turn Siri into a true ChatGPT competitor. To ... Read full article.