Apple is reportedly considering using AI models from Anthropic or OpenAI, rather than its own in-house models, to power a new version of its voice assistant Siri. The company has talked with both of the AI firms and asked them to train versions of their models that it could test on its cloud infrastructure. Apple is in the early stages of considering this move, hasn’t made a final decision, and is still actively developing in-house models for use with Siri. The company currently powers most of its AI features with its own models and has been planning to use that technology for a new version of Siri that would be released in 2026. While Apple allows OpenAI’s ChatGPT to answer some web-based search queries in the voice assistant, Siri itself is powered by Apple. Adopting third-party AI models could allow Apple to offer Siri features that would be competitive with the AI assistants available on Android smartphones. It was reported that Apple aimed to bring an AI-powered upgrade of Siri to market in spring 2026, after facing delays and failing to meet its original goal of fall 2024.