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Privacy may still be Apple’s savior when it comes to delayed AI features<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/06\/04\/privacy-may-still-be-apples-savior-when-it-comes-to-delayed-ai-features\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-04 07:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: 9to5mac.com<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s more than 18 months since I wrote an opinion piece suggesting that while the wait for the new Siri is frustrating, the privacy payoff would be worth it.<\/p>\n

A lot of time has passed since then, and of course user frustration at the ongoing delay has grown significantly. While goodwill has undoubtedly been lost, a recent announcement does provide some hope that privacy may still rescue the company\u2019s tarnished reputation in AI \u2026<\/p>\n

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I noted last month that 2024 really wasn\u2019t a good year for Apple when it came to new Siri, and that patience is wearing thin in 2026.<\/p>\n

Even the most supportive of Apple commenters\u00a0reached the end of their patience\u00a0after Apple\u00a0advertised new Siri features\u00a0as if they were imminent\u00a0way back in 2024\u00a0and then had to admit that\u00a0they very much weren\u2019t. It\u2019s now 2026 and we\u2019re still waiting.<\/p>\n

Eighteen months earlier I argued that the wait would be worth it. There is a huge conflict between AI-powered features and privacy, and Google\u2019s default approach is to use everything it knows about you across the full gamut of the company\u2019s services. That enables its AI models to maximise their capabilities but at the expense of user privacy.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s approach to AI privacy<\/h2>\n

Although Apple Intelligence will be powered by Google\u2019s Gemini models, the company is taking a very different approach to privacy. There will be three different ways in which new Siri requests can be handled, and Apple\u2019s aim is to use the most privacy-protecting method for each task, escalating to each successive layer only when necessary:<\/p>\n