Siri is melting down over being asked what month it is

Meanwhile, Assistant's a know-it-all, and Gemini answers just right.

Mar 20, 2025 - 19:03

Siri is melting down over being asked what month it is

Apple’s Siri virtual assistant is choking when asked the simple question, “what month is it?”
While Siri claims not to understand, both Google Assistant and Gemini nail their responses.
Apple is reportedly assigning new Siri management internally.

At this point, we’ve all seen AI pull off some wonderous feats, engaging in conversation that sounds convincingly human, demonstrating the ability to break down complex topics, and and even generating photos and video that could be mistaken for the real thing. But for all it does well, lots of people still seem to have an almost morbid fascination with the gaps in AI’s ability. They want to see the fails: the six-finger hands, the confidently asserted abject falsehoods. And right now, Apple users are having somewhat of a field day pointing out everywhere that Siri manages to come up short.

Earlier this week, Reddit user Guitar_Scary got a thread going that eventually caught the attention of sites like Daring Fireball, highlighting just how spectacularly Siri fails when asked one of the simplest questions in the world: What month is it?