In recent weeks, Apple has been unable to escape headlines about its slow progress with everything having to do with Siri and artificial intelligence. The company has officially delayed features first promised last June intended to modernize Siri and give Apple a much-needed boost in the AI race.

Our own John-Anthony Disotto calls Apple Intelligence " a fever dream " that perhaps Apple might like to forget. Fast Company's Harry McKracken is a bit more measured and while he thinks Apple might've failed to "emotionally bond with Siri" he writes that he'd rather see a "great" Siri than one that arrives "on time."

Apple continues to inform customers that a more personalized version of Siri has been delayed. As noted by 9to5Mac today, Apple has added

Apple’s Siri team is facing harsh criticism from within, with senior director Robby Walker admitting that delays to key AI features have been "ugly and embarrassing," according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

Apple Inc.’s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing, and a decision to publicly promote the technology before it was ready made matters worse.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said in the spring that his company had all kinds of big AI plans. Many of them have yet to materialize.

Apple is reassuring employees on the Siri team who may be feeling demotivated by the recent Siri delays and the bad press surrounding

OS 19's big redesign can only be good for Apple, but it needs to happen without compromising other updates. And that's especially true of Apple Intelligence.