23 August 2026
Apple negotiates pay-per-use deals for upgraded Siri access
First reported
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- Apple is discussing multiyear agreements where it pays based on usage to add current news capabilities to Siri, its voice assistant.
- The move follows Apple's 2024 feature that automatically summarized news headlines but was withdrawn after generating inaccurate summaries.
- The new arrangement would give Siri real-time information access, addressing limitations that prevented it from answering questions about recent events.
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MindstreamAdam Biddlecombe
Apple is in talks about multiyear, pay-per-use agreements to give an upgraded Siri access to current news, following its 2024 AI summary feature that was withdrawn for generating inaccurate headlines.