✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-03-07

Apple's AI Siri faces more delays, raising concerns about its quality and future.

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The story that caught my eye this week was Apple delaying the delayed thing that had previously seen a delay.

Techmeme: Apple confirms that it is delaying the “more personalized Siri” Apple Intelligence feature and anticipates rolling it out “in the coming year” (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

By John Gruber / Daring Fireball. View the full context on Techmeme.

Said another way, this Apple AI version of Siri was probably going to be “Apple Maps bad” and an adult decision needed to be made.