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Apple is reportedly exploring a version of Siri that could handle ongoing tasks without waiting for fresh instructions each time. That would be a shift from carrying out several actions in one request to keeping track of a task and acting on it later.

Digital Trends, citing Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, says the capabilities could arrive as early as 2027. Apple has not confirmed a timeline or what the features would include, so this is a reported direction, not a product announcement. The appeal is obvious: less prompting, more follow-through. The catch is that an assistant deciding when to act raises privacy and security questions that a clever demo cannot answer.

Discuss: Would you trust an assistant to keep monitoring a task and act later, or should every action require a fresh prompt?

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