Apple Cuts 100+ Jobs From Siri and ML Teams as Revamped Siri Slips Again

Apple laid off more than 100 people from its Siri and ML organizations, according to reports, even as the company publicly stakes its AI comeback on a rebuilt, Apple-Intelligence-powered Siri. Apple says affected employees can apply for other internal roles, but the timing is jarring given repeated delays to Siri improvements over reliability concerns.

Those delays are visible in the product: iOS 27 Public Beta 5 arrived, but the promised next-gen Siri — able to hold richer conversations, use personal context, and take actions across apps — is still constrained. Reports indicate the new Siri leans on a more powerful Apple Foundation Model trained with Google Gemini, an awkward dependency for a company that markets on-device privacy. Apple also faces EU Digital Markets Act scrutiny over its Core Technology Fee.

Separately, Apple's research arm continues to publish: new work argues LLMs are 'not consistently Bayesian,' quantifying inconsistencies in how models update probabilistic beliefs, and Agent Seer synthesizes agent test scenarios from tool specs. The contrast — cutting product staff while shipping notable research — raises the central question the eWeek headline poses: is Apple's AI comeback already in trouble? Watch whether the Gemini-assisted Siri actually ships in a stable iOS 27 release or slips into 2027.