https://apnews.com/article/apple-artificial-intelligence-iphone-16-siri-3bbf16e06e29f09320dcbefcf4ffc40b

Apple is accelerating the rollout of a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks to coincide with the release of its latest iPhone.

The free update enabling the first set of features in Apple's suite of artificial intelligence became available Thursday — about two weeks ahead of the October release that Apple projected earlier this month when it unveiled the iPhone 16.