The goal is to make Siri interactions more natural, intuitive and capable of handling complex requests faster. This effort is part of Apple's larger push to catch up with OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and other advanced voice AI-powered services.

Dubbed "LLM Siri" by Apple employees (LLM standing for large language model), the new Siri is already being tested internally on iPhones, iPads, and Macs as a standalone app. But if all goes well, the new assistant will eventually replace the Siri we all know and have a hard time loving.

Popular new chatbots, starting with OpenAI’s 2-year-old ChatGPT and the wave of AI assistants that followed, have become increasingly conversational. Now, Apple (AAPL) is looking to make its pre-teenaged voice assistant,