AI agents ready for closeup
Siri is going from aggravating to indispensable, and changing how we use our devices.
The problem with personal devices is that they’re cumbersome. To unlock the benefits of the powerful machines in your purse, you have to find and click, then find and click again.
AI agents are arriving to do the clicking for us.
Why it matters: Living takes a lot of effort. AI agents could remove much of that burden.
The details: A year ago, AI agents were an exciting idea, but they couldn’t be trusted. Letting an agent go on a buying spree risked surprising, expensive packages showing up at your door.
Siri could change most users’ relationship with AI agents.x
- Last week, Apple, working with Google, updated Siri, turning it from a useless tool into a master of your phone. You can talk to Siri, and it can find photos, add appointments and set alerts.
- Soon, Siri will draft emails in Microsoft Outlook, make restaurant reservations and dig through your phone to find every photo of your sister.
- You can already ask Siri when Death Cab for Cutie is playing near you. The answer: March 26, 2027, at the Saenger.
- Siri is already on billions of devices. But other AI agents are on the march, too.
The bigger picture: AI agents could revolutionize nearly every part of life—helping working families find benefits, making vaccine appointments for children, booking entire vacations and finding a handyman to fix a leaky faucet.
Get started: If you use a recent iPhone and iMac, update the software to IOS27 to begin using Siri. Apple has more details here.
