Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats

苹果 Siri 改版或将包含自动删除聊天记录功能

Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The Siri relaunch is widely seen as Apple’s big chance to reestablish its relevance in artificial intelligence. As part of that effort, company executives will argue that they’re taking a more privacy-friendly approach than most other AI companies, Gurman said.

据彭博社记者马克·古尔曼（Mark Gurman）透露，苹果公司将在六月份的全球开发者大会（WWDC）上发布新版 Siri，届时“隐私”将成为核心主题。此次 Siri 的重塑被广泛视为苹果重拾其在人工智能领域影响力的重要契机。古尔曼表示，作为该努力的一部分，苹果高管将强调他们比大多数其他 AI 公司采取了更注重隐私的方案。

Apple will reportedly launch the first standalone Siri app, powered by Google Gemini and offering users a chatbot experience reminiscent of ChatGPT. But compared to those other chatbots, the app is supposed to have more limitations on how long user information can be used and stored.

据报道，苹果将推出首款独立的 Siri 应用程序，该应用由 Google Gemini 提供支持，为用户提供类似于 ChatGPT 的聊天机器人体验。但与市面上其他聊天机器人相比，该应用预计会对用户信息的存储和使用时长做出更多限制。

For example, Gurman said Siri could include a feature similar to the Messages app, allowing users to automatically delete conversations after 30 days or one year — or to keep them indefinitely. Gurman also suggested that Apple might be emphasizing privacy as a way to excuse Siri’s shortcomings compared to competing products — and that this emphasis might obscure the fact that Google is handling some the security.

例如，古尔曼指出，Siri 可能会加入类似于“信息”（Messages）应用的功能，允许用户设置在 30 天或一年后自动删除对话记录，或者选择永久保留。古尔曼还暗示，苹果强调隐私可能是为了掩盖 Siri 在与竞品对比时存在的不足，而这种强调也可能掩盖了部分安全工作实际上是由谷歌负责处理的事实。