ChatGPT's Siri Integration in iOS 18This fall, Apple is baking ChatGPT into Siri in iOS 18. While the vast majority of Apple Intelligence features were built by Apple in-house, including most new Siri capabilities, the company has nonetheless partnered with OpenAI to add ChatGPT’s powers as a supplementary AI tool in iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and iPadOS 18.Integration with SiriHere’s everything you should know about ChatGPT’s Siri integration. ChatGPT is getting baked into iOS 18, so enabling it with Siri won’t require downloading any additional apps. More than that, ChatGPT won’t have any setup process at all. There’s no need to create or log in to an OpenAI account before Siri can tap into the AI service. Instead, whenever you ask Siri something in iOS 18 that it believes ChatGPT is best suited to answer, you’ll be given the option of using ChatGPT for that request. No setup necessary.Enhanced Siri CapabilitiesOne of the two main ways ChatGPT will benefit iOS 18 users is through answering the type of “world knowledge” questions that Siri can’t. Essentially what this means is that ChatGPT will be able to answer the sort of questions that Siri fails at, all with the power of GPT4o.Text Composition and Image CreationThe other main areas where iOS 18 taps into ChatGPT are text composition and image creation. Whether you’re sending email, messages, or starting a new essay, you’ll be able to use ChatGPT to compose that text from scratch based on your request. Through that same compose tool, you can ask ChatGPT to create an image for you, despite the fact that Apple Intelligence has its own image creation powers.Privacy and PermissionsWhile Apple users generally put a high degree of trust in the company’s privacy practices, should that same trust extend to OpenAI, who’s powering these new iOS 18 capabilities? Apple ensures that data is protected by limiting what data OpenAI receives. Additionally, whenever you make a Siri request that will tap into ChatGPT, you have to provide your explicit permission first.ChatGPT Plus SubscriptionJust because you won’t need to use an OpenAI account doesn’t mean you can’t. iOS 18 will provide the option of signing in to your existing account if you’d like. One benefit of signing into your account is that your ChatGPT activity through Siri will then be tied to that account. Perhaps a more significant benefit is that if you’re a ChatGPT Plus subscriber, Siri can tap into the extra features that plan provides. Current Plus features are outlined at the bottom of this page.ConclusionChatGPT isn’t overtaking Siri, but it is going to complement Apple’s assistant in some key ways. This integration marks just the beginning, with more advancements like Google Gemini expected to be integrated with Siri in the future. Are you excited about using ChatGPT in iOS 18? Let us know in the comments.