Apple’s AI assistant strategy faces an agentic-AI catch-up challenge

Apple is expected to introduce a knowledge-retrieval LLM chat product just as the market shifts toward agents that can execute tasks. One assessment is that Apple could take about 2.5 years to release a beta for the newer agent paradigm, raising doubts about whether it can catch up.

A potential Google Gemini integration could let Siri use email context, send messages and contact a restaurant to make a reservation, but it is uncertain how much capability Apple would receive automatically or who would control future Gemini improvements. The assessment also criticizes Google’s record in AI products, while predicting that it could soon handle a simple task such as ordering a burrito.