Former Siri executive John Giannandrea reportedly urged Apple to select Google’s Gemini AI chatbot rather than OpenAI’s ChatGPT when integrating AI-powered chatbot functionality into Siri, according to a recent report by Bloomberg. Giannandrea, who previously held a high-ranking role at Google before joining Apple and was later reassigned during a leadership reshuffle in March, raised strong concerns about ChatGPT’s potential longevity and data privacy practices.
Although Giannandrea preferred Gemini, Apple ultimately decided to announce the integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT into Siri at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2025, later rolling out the feature to users in December of that year. With this integration, Apple enables Siri to defer questions it can’t adequately handle on its own directly to ChatGPT, providing new functionality layers for users.
Additionally, Apple disclosed plans last year to expand Siri integration, welcoming other chatbot tools such as Google’s Gemini to the platform in the future. Sources referenced by Bloomberg also indicate Apple is currently conducting preliminary negotiations with Perplexity, an AI-driven search tool, to potentially introduce it as an alternative assistant within Siri and possibly integrate it as a search provider option in Safari.
