According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, Apple has developed its own "ChatGPT-like iPhone app" to help prepare for the long-delayed AI overhaul of Siri — which is due next year. Gurman claims that Apple's AI division is using the new app, dubbed "Veritas," to "quickly evaluate new features for Siri." Gurman notes that it also allows Apple to get feedback on how valuable having its own chatbot might be. The Siri relaunch was supposed to have happened months ago, but Apple reportedly started facing serious problems behind the scenes. That would explain the lack of serious AI features on iPhone 17 and in iOS 26 at any rate.