Overview

• Mike Rockwell, previously leading Vision Pro software, has replaced key Siri managers with trusted deputies from his former team.
• Ranjit Desai now oversees Siri engineering, Olivier Gutknecht leads user experience, and other Vision Pro veterans are taking on critical roles.
• Apple is transitioning Siri from a dual-system design to a unified large-language model architecture for improved conversational abilities.
• For the first time, Siri teams are allowed to incorporate third-party large-language models to enhance the assistant’s features.
• The overhaul is part of Apple’s broader 'Apple Intelligence' strategy to regain competitive ground in AI against rivals like Google and OpenAI.