{
  "id": 8055039,
  "title": "David Pogue tests Siri AI ↦",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/david-pogue-tests-siri-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-17T15:58:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Six Colors",
    "slug": "six-colors",
    "url": "https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/09/david-pogue-tests-siri-ai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "David Pogue, technology columnist, shared his experience with Apple's new AI-powered Siri in his newsletter, The New AI Siri. This week, Siri arrived as part of the latest operating system update for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac, and Pogue believes it has the potential to transform the way users interact with their devices.\n\nAccording to Pogue, Siri now replaces the need for most Google searches, ChatGPT or Claude interactions, and the countless hours spent fumbling around with apps, searching, dragging, copying, finding, tapping, and pasting. The challenge, however, will be getting used to the habit of using Siri instead of opening apps and manually searching for information.\n\nPogue, who tested the beta-version of Siri throughout the summer, grew increasingly excited about its capabilities. Once the final version was released, he decided to conduct a thorough evaluation by running 125 different tests. While Siri is not perfect, Pogue found that it works quite well in many situations.\n\nTo illustrate his findings, Pogue provided 125 examples of Siri prompts he issued and detailed the results, including some surprising successes and a few failures. The failures revealed areas where Apple needs to improve Siri's performance, particularly in terms of connecting with more apps, such as Health.\n\nIn conclusion, Siri AI has proven to be a valuable addition to Apple's ecosystem, saving users significant time and effort. However, there is still work to be done to make Siri even more effective and seamless to use.",
  "summary": "David Pogue, in his newsletter: The new AI Siri came out this week as part of OS 27 for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac, and it’s a life changer. …",
  "key_points": [
    "David Pogue tests new AI-powered Siri in Apple devices",
    "Pogue conducts 125 tests, finding Siri works well in many situations",
    "Siri has potential to transform user interactions with devices"
  ],
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}