Apple Rebuilds Siri With Gemini-Powered Action Surface

At WWDC and on its product page, Apple unveiled **Siri AI**, a rebuilt assistant with on-screen awareness, broader access to on-device context, and the ability to take actions across apps; Apple presents these features as part of **Apple Intelligence**, with new capabilities arriving "coming this fall" and "Siri AI coming in English later this year" (Apple). Reporting by multiple outlets shows hands-on testers were able to ask Siri to extract calendar events from email, edit text across apps, and add reminders (The Verge; Wirecutter). Independent reporting claims Apple rebuilt Siri on Google's `Gemini`, reportedly a custom **1.2-trillion-parameter** model and that Apple pays Google on the order of **$1 billion** per year for access (Cringely; Wired reporting). Editorial analysis: granting an assistant the ability to act inside apps increases operational risk from hallucinations and bad actions, even if privacy protections are emphasized.