I Unlocked Apple's Hidden Siri Chatbot in iOS 26 with Surprising–and Hilarious–Results

I unlocked Apple's hidden Siri chatbot in iOS 26 with surprising–and hilarious–results

Macworld Apple is reportedly giving Siri a Large Language Model (LLM) upgrade in a year or two. The boost is expected to make the iPhone’s virtual assistant more conversational and equip it with a broader range of world knowledge. What most users don’t know is that the iOS 26 beta already introduces a hidden AI chatbot that testers can try right away. For reasons I’ll clarify later on, iOS 26 neither offers a dedicated app for Apple’s LLM chatb…

iOS 26 Shortcuts Secret Chatbot: Apple Contradiction Exposed

Apple leaders have said that the company is not building a chatbot. In interviews, Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak made that point clear. Yet a hidden feature in iOS 26 lets anyone build a chat interface powered by Apple Intelligence. The secret lives in the Shortcuts app. With a few simple steps, users can send questions to Apple’s language model and receive text replies just as in a dedicated chat app. Image Source: 9to5Mac How to Create an A…