> Apple is still several weeks away from making a decision on whether to continue using internal models for Siri or move to a partner. And it hasn’t yet determined who that partner may be. ...
> Executives had long viewed Anthropic as the leading candidate for a partnership, but *the financial terms demanded by that company led Apple to broaden the search and bring others into the mix*. Apple certainly hasn’t ruled out sticking to its own models either.
> Internally, Apple is holding a bake-off to see which approach will work best. The company is simultaneously developing two versions of the new Siri: one dubbed Linwood that is powered by its models and another code-named Glenwood that runs on outside technology.
