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Apple negotiates model weights and opens Siri to outside assistants

development2026-03-27

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Apple reportedly negotiated complete access to Gemini's weights in its own data centers with distillation rights for on-device models, and plans to open Siri to outside AI assistants in iOS 27, letting users route queries to Google, Anthropic or anyone from the App Store.

Reporting date: 2026-03-27 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to March 27, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to March 27, 2026

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Apple prepares to replace Siri with a chatbot codenamed Campos

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Welcome to March 27, 2026

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Apple negotiates model weights and opens Siri to outside assistants
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Reporting date: 2026-03-27
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-27-apple-opens-siri-to-rivals
Claim: Apple reportedly negotiated complete access to Gemini's weights in its own data centers with distillation rights for on-device models, and plans to open Siri to outside AI assistants in iOS 27, letting users route queries to Google, Anthropic or anyone from the App Store.
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- Welcome to March 27, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-27-2026
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