For your weekend reading pleasure, I offer a synopsis of interesting articles about AI you may have missed this week. As always, your thoughts and comments are both welcome and encouraged. -s
This Week's Most Interesting Stories
VIDEO: Apple’s AI Struggles: Why Siri Is Falling Behind
Apple has delayed a major AI upgrade for Siri, citing "engineering hurdles." But what does this mean for the future of Apple Intelligence and AI-powered virtual assistants? Tech expert Shelly Palmer breaks it all down on Fox 5 New York's Good Day Wake Up.
Shelly's Blog: Apple's Siri Problem: Manus Just Made It Much Worse
I like to think, "Siri can't suck forever," but apparently Apple's AI assistant is planning to test my patience. Apple's much-anticipated Agentic Siri update, initially set to roll out alongside iOS 18.4, has hit a snag. Citing "engineering hurdles," Apple pushed the release to later this year—or perhaps even beyond, depending on who you ask. Beta testers described inconsistencies, glitches, and a general sense of "not quite ready for prime time." Translation: Siri still sucks, at least for now.
AI Agents Are Coming—and OpenAI Just Made Them Easier to Deploy
AI agents are the future, but building ones that actually do useful work has been harder than it sounds—until now. OpenAI’s new Responses API makes it dramatically easier to create AI agents that can search the web in real-time, analyze massive datasets, and even perform tasks directly on a computer.
China’s AI Play: Big Bets, Bigger Ambitions
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) isn’t Congress in the American sense; it’s a highly scripted, once-a-year policy showcase where nearly 3,000 delegates rubber-stamp decisions already made by Communist Party leadership. It meets every March in Beijing, and while it rarely makes headlines, this year was different—AI stole the show.
Humanoid Robots: The Hottest Consumer Electronics Product of the Decade—We Just Don’t Know It Yet
The race to build humanoid robots is accelerating, and while most consumers aren't paying attention yet, they soon will be. AI-powered robotics will reshape labor markets, home assistance, and personal productivity in ways that seem like science fiction today. The combination of increasingly powerful AI models, advanced dexterity, and multi-modal learning is bringing robots out of the factory and into everyday life. Some of the world’s most talented engineers are working on this problem, and the breakthroughs are coming fast.
