This week on the Cult of Mac podcast: Apple CEO John Ternus is reportedly pushing to make Siri AI more agentic. He wants big changes as soon as next year!
Meanwhile, Siri AI works OK … sometimes. Can Apple really accelerate its AI roadmap and make Siri a serious player, able to compete with the chatbots that ate its lunch?
Also on the Cult of Mac podcast:
- Apple’s got a plan to simplify daisy-chaining multiple Macs for use as local AI powerhouses.
- Cupertino pulls the plug on the longstanding Apple Support Community — and plans to nuke the forums entirely from the web!
- A fun new Easter egg brings a beloved Apple mascot to the iPhone. We explain how to find it and discuss the history of Apple Easter eggs.
- And finally, Graham shows off the spiffy 3D gym he built for his strength-training app, Reps & Sets.
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Cult of Mac No. 41: Siri’s agentic future
This week’s top Apple news
On the show this week: Your host, Cult of Mac Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Leander Kahney (@lkahney), Cult of Mac managing editor Lewis Wallace (@lewiswallace) and our colleague Graham Bower from the Apple Core podcast.
Here’s everything we’re talking about on this week’s show:
- Apple CEO reportedly wants an agentic Siri, and he wants it fast
- Apple’s upcoming Harbor app promises easier way to run local AI on your Mac(s)
- Who you gonna call? Apple Support Community is shutting down
- Find the beloved Clarus the Dogcow on your iPhone today
- Graham’s app Reps & Sets in the Vision Pro App Store
Lewis Wallace is the managing editor of Cult of Mac and author of our weekly newsletter, The Weekender. He appears weekly on the Cult of Mac podcast. You can find him on X @lewiswallace.
