Mark Gurman reporting:

In recent weeks, Ternus held a closed-door meeting with Craig Federighi, who became Apple’s AI czar following last year’s dismissal of its former AI leader. Desiring more and frustrated by what he sees as a reluctance to embrace AI with the same urgency as competitors, Ternus pushed his software chief to accelerate the company’s road map and move quickly beyond merely making necessary improvements to Siri.

Apple hasn’t yet “caught up”, but their deal to license Gemini has gotta help next year, when they can leap forward along with Gemini.