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Apple Lets Siri Delegate to External AI Models in iOS 27

By Drooid · Sep 14, 2026, 6:05 PM UTC · How we work

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Story summary

Apple enabled Siri to use external AI models via Model Delegation in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate.
Claude acts as a Siri extension that creates CSV files, which Siri cannot do.
Apple’s Model Manager Services can swap Siri’s server model for another like GPT-5.6 using an Inference Providing protocol.
Apple has not opened model delegation to third parties, and it is not user-visible.

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Story summary

Apple enabled Siri to use external AI models via Model Delegation in iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate.
Claude acts as a Siri extension that creates CSV files, which Siri cannot do.
Apple’s Model Manager Services can swap Siri’s server model for another like GPT-5.6 using an Inference Providing protocol.
Apple has not opened model delegation to third parties, and it is not user-visible.