Overview

• Bloomberg reporting, echoed by Tom’s Guide, says Apple built an internal ChatGPT-like iPhone app called Veritas to vet next-generation Siri capabilities.
• The app is not intended for public release and serves as an employee testbed for rapid prototyping and feedback.
• Testing covers personal-data search across apps, execution of in-app actions such as photo edits, multi-topic threads, memory of past exchanges, and longer conversations.
• Reports describe a privacy-first setup that prioritizes on-device processing with Apple’s Private Cloud Compute used when cloud resources are needed.
• An upgraded Siri is targeted for early 2026 after prior delays, with Apple still weighing its own models against potential partners such as Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.