Apple code shows Siri AI can be swapped for Claude or ChatGPT wholesale, not just queried

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MacRumors reported on 2026-09-14 that code in Apple's Siri AI build supports substituting other model providers, either as an 'ask Claude' handoff or as a full replacement of Apple's own model. The pressure is the EU Digital Markets Act: Apple asked for a gatekeeper exception to ship Siri AI in the EU without opening it up, and the Commission refused. Thread commenters note the fight is not about a simple handoff command but about third-party models getting the same system-level access to mail and messages that Apple's model has, and that gatekeeper rules only bind iOS and iPadOS, so Siri AI already ships on macOS in the EU.