Apple is reportedly exploring the development of an autonomous agentic AI system capable of operating iPhone, iPad, and Mac software independently to compete with emerging industry rivals like OpenClaw.
Key Points
- Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is considering an AI system designed to autonomously execute software tasks on behalf of users.
- Siri engineering chief Mike Rockwell confirmed that the assistant’s new architecture was built with future extensibility for agentic operations in mind.
- Apple’s current Siri implementation remains a request-based system despite being rebuilt on a modern large language model foundation.
- SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi described the agentic AI space as experimental, prioritizing user experience over immediate feature deployment.
- The proposed technology would mirror capabilities currently being developed by competitors such as Google and Anthropic.