Apple WWDC 2025 Preview: Big AI Updates Not Expected This Year
Apple WWDC 2025 is just a week away from now and the company is widely expected to match Google's AI ambitions and show us the new features and tools. However, reports this week may dampen your excitement because Apple is unlikely to have anything major lined up at the big event this month.
Apple and AI is becoming a fractious deal and it seems we might have to wait longer to see its recent AI changes come to fruition. WWDC 2025 will be 12 months since Apple first introduced its AI features and showed us the promising Siri AI demos. Now one year later we might see the company go easy on these claims and promises.
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