Overview

• Bloomberg reports Apple built a ChatGPT-like iPhone app, code-named Veritas, for internal testing only with no public release planned.
• The software is used to assess capabilities like searching personal emails and messages, understanding on-screen context, and executing in-app tasks such as photo edits.
• Veritas mirrors mainstream chatbots by supporting multiple conversations, saved history, follow-up queries, and extended back-and-forth exchanges.
• Apple is running a two-track approach that pits its in-house LLMs (Linwood) against third-party options, with reported talks involving Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
• The refreshed Siri is now aimed for spring 2026 after prior delays and a leadership shake-up that includes Siri overseer Robby Walker’s planned departure in October.