Apple previews Siri Studio: on-device LLM toolkit for app prototyping

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Siri Studio provides APIs to run compact transformer models on Apple silicon, with templated components for contextual prompts tied to app state and UI elements. Developers can prototype conversational assistants that suggest actions, generate microcopy, or auto-fill form suggestions without sending data to the cloud.

The toolkit integrates with Xcode to map assistant outputs to UI suggestions and includes testing harnesses for measuring latency and energy consumption. Apple claims models are optimized for few-shot adaptation, enabling app-specific behavior while keeping base weights on-device.

Apple also announced a governance model for Siri Studio artifacts: developers can mark assistant behavior as 'suggestion-only' and surface rationale to users. The preview is targeted at native iOS and macOS apps, with beta access for platform partners.