According to Bloomberg, the Cupertino-based company has built an in-house chatbot app called Veritas that allows employees to type queries, receive answers, and hold back-and-forth conversations in a manner similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

The tool can also reportedly perform actions such as editing photos or searching through a user’s personal data, but Apple has no current plans to release it publicly.

Instead, it is supposedly being used to test improvements to Siri under a project codenamed Linwood.

The revamped Siri is expected to debut as early as March 2026 and will reportedly combine technology from Apple’s own Foundation Models group with an external large language model, likely Google’s Gemini.

It is designed to support richer web search, on-device actions, and even full iPhone navigation through voice control.

Bloomberg noted that Apple’s strategy marks a shift in direction after its initial Apple Intelligence rollout last year drew criticism for being underwhelming compared to more conversational offerings like ChatGPT and Perplexity.

While Apple pushed systemwide utilities such as Writing Tools and Genmoji, the lack of a dedicated chatbot experience left many users turning to third-party apps.

With AI assistants increasingly becoming the centerpiece of mobile ecosystems, Apple’s decision not to launch Veritas to consumers could prove controversial, leaving Siri’s future closely tied to the success of Linwood.