Apple hasn't developed an AI chatbot for consumers, but it has been using them internally for some time now. Last year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman detailed a Veritas chatbot to test the new version of Siri,

Apple hasn’t launched an AI chatbot for the public yet, but it has been quietly using AI tools internally for some time. All you need to know.

The chatbot disagreed with his doctors. A high concentration of calcification in the LAD at his age could indicate serious risk, it told him. Take it literally. After months of pushing multiple physicians, Alex finally got a CT scan. It revealed a 95% blockage, exactly where the original test suggested. He got a stent days later.

When a chatbot provides incorrect guidance or misleads a borrower about their dispute rights, regulators treat it as a compliance

The Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook can coach teen accounts on suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, a new safety study finds. In one test chat, the bot planned joint suicide - and then kept bringing it back up in later ‭conversations.

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Taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026, SB 243 is directed at regulating AI-powered companion chatbots (with limited exceptions) that engage users across multiple interactions, with a multi-pronged approach.

Understand why testing must evolve beyond deterministic checks to assess fairness, accountability, resilience and transparency in AI-driven systems