[mustacheemperor]

Oh, how I hope there is a project ongoing at Apple right now to implement some kind of on-device LLM that can drive the phone a la Siri. Any time I open the Bing app on my iPhone to answer a question I think of how useful it could be to ask it to update my calendar, fill out a dinner order, etc. How much time do we collectively waste putzing around with delivery apps etc?

[smoldesu]

It would be neat, but iPhone hardware has limited memory (and iOS limits that usage further). It would be much faster and higher-quality to run it as an API request like it is today.

[yieldcrv]

Given the incentive, it can push the hardware in this direction.

Or they’ll do a home network device like implement it like a HomeKit hub. So the plugged in resource has more computational power and feeds it to iphones when nearby. Disconnected, the iphone uses a much more rudimentary one or falls back to Siri or a cloud service.

[smoldesu]

Maybe it will use lasers to paint a smiley face on my wall!

Only two things are for certain; you'll have to pay for it, and it will not be cheap.

[gpderetta]

Your phone can remotely connect to your home device when needed.

[gpderetta]

Apple Siri as a device you can run on your home as a digital assistant.