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Apple has unveiled Siri AI and expanded Apple Intelligence at WWDC, promising a conversational assistant that uses personal device data and Google-powered foundation models. The company has said Siri AI will enter beta this summer with a public fall release, but regulators in the EU and China will delay availability there. Apple has emphasised privacy and private cloud compute in its rollout.
Recent research shows prompt-injection techniques can paralyze AI assistants by manipulating context. Defenders are now adopting context‑bombing to throttle attacker success, while HalluSquatting raises concerns about scalable infections via code resources in repositories.
China’s cyberspace regulator has approved Apple’s AI services, enabling integration of Alibaba’s Qwen model across Apple’s OS ecosystem for users in China. Alibaba confirms the integration, and Apple’s Q2 Greater China sales have risen strongly, with the company regaining its No. 2 smartphone market position amid a discount-driven festival.