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Apple website suggested Siri AI may be coming to full size HomePods

By Ben Lovejoy · 9to5Mac · Wednesday, 14 October 2026 at 12:33 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

The headline feature of the new HomePod mini 2 is support for Siri AI, something that won’t be available for the first-gen model. But there’s hope that existing full size HomePods may also get access to the smarter intelligent assistant.

A leaker noticed two clues on Apple’s website seemingly pointing to this, but it’s possible that it was an error on the part of the company …

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Halo’s co-creator wrote a novel about AI taking over the world

Back in 2019, author Margaret Stohl was handed a manuscript written by Jason Jones, who's best known as the co-creator of sci-fi gaming series Halo and Destiny. The two had worked together at Bungie, and Jones wanted Stohl's opinion on a book he was writing about AI taking over…

The Verge 1m ago

Meta Extends Confidential Computing to AI Glasses with Private Processing

Meta has extended Private Processing to AI glasses, using confidential VMs, trusted execution environments, remote attestation, anonymous credentials, OHTTP routing, and TEE-based storage to process AI workloads and persistent user context in the cloud. By Leela Kumili

InfoQ 4m ago

Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices

"Small weight-based replicators" could usher in a new generation of computer worms.

Ars Technica 1h ago

Apple website suggested Siri AI may be coming to full size HomePods

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